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Duplicate Documents folder on Mac running Ventura - help please
I have a MacBook Pro running Ventura 13.2.
I reinstalled Dropbox Basic, requesting that the folders Documents and Camera Uploads be uploaded, but marked them as Make Available Offline. They have been uploaded as expected.
I now have a local Dropbox folder containing these two folders, held in my Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox.
However, I still have my original documents folder, now labelled Documents - Local.
So I am apparently duplicating the folder Documents, which is a waste of space, and,
when I add a new document to Documents - Local, it is copied to the Documents folder in online Dropbox, but not to my local folder in Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox as seen in the Dropbox local app.
I don't understand, and would be grateful for an explanation and a suggested course of action to save space and keep only the most recent version of my files.
Many thanks, marcvarc
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi marcvarc, let's jump right into this!
Just to make sure we're on the same page, and that I understood this correctly: you have a Documents folder both inside your Dropbox folder, and outside of it, in a path called Documents- Local?
What is the app's syncing status currently? Also, could you send me some screenshots of both the Document paths that you see on your device, in order for me to have visual too?
Thank you!
Dear Megan,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
Yes, you did understand this correctly: I have a Documents folder both inside my Dropbox folder, and outside of it, in a path called Documents- Local.
Here are some screen shots.
1. My Dropbox folder showing under Mackintosh HD › Users › marchartley › Library > CloudStorage
2. The Documents folder within the Dropbox folder showing under Mackintosh HD › Users › marchartley › Library › Library > CloudStorage (also showing sync status of files)
3. The local Documents folder showing under Mackintosh HD › Users › marchartley › Documents
4. The Dropbox app showing sync status
Many thanks for looking at this Megan, and I look forward to your comments.
Kind regards, marcvarc
- Megan
Hi marcvarc, thank you for the screenshots!
Weird behavior indeed.
if you go up a folder and look in the Documents under your user folder, what do you see there? Can you send me some screenshots? Do you have any syncing icons there?
When you access your Documents folder in Dropbox, do you see a Documents-local folder too?
And one last thing, if you select the Documents-local folder and cmd and click to open the properties, what's the file path shown there?
