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Dropbox "Backup" is interfering with iCloud
Dropbox "backup" is interfering with iCloud sync. With the latest dropbox app installed, your iCloud Desktop and Documents folders would stop syncing. Solution:
1. Make sure "Desktop & Documents" f...
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
bigsur2021 wrote:
Dropbox "backup" is interfering with iCloud sync. With the latest dropbox app installed, your iCloud Desktop and Documents folders would stop syncing. ... This is a bug. Dropbox Team, please fix it!!!
It's not a bug. The "backup" feature works by MOVING key folders, such as your Desktop and Documents, to the Dropbox folder so they can sync. This is how the feature is designed to work. If you don't want the folders backed up through Dropbox, don't enable the feature for those folders and they'll remain in their original location.
Since the key folders are being moved when using the backup feature, other services such as iCloud or Drive may not be able to access them, and if they can, you should know that it's never a good idea to have two sync services actively syncing the same content. Problems are sure to arise if you do.
I see what you are saying. I had the same issue. It seems you have to choose one service to sync your desktop. Either it is dropbox or iCloud. I had the same issue. You can disable it without uninstalling it all the way. Just change the permissions on the desktop and documents folder to read only (this step may not be necessary, but I did it anyways.) Then in dropbox settings you disable the the backup of those folders. Then enable iCloud backup and iCloud works again as intended.
