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camsul
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

In Dropbox for MacOS, the Dropbox folder appears two places

I have MacOS Ventura 13.3.1 and the new Dropbox for MacOS has shifted my Dropbox folder to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox.  However, it left in place my previous Dropbox folder at ~/Dropbox.  In Find...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi camsul, as your Dropbox folder is now in the CloudStorage location, the other Dropbox folder, which looks like an alias to that location, is only a shortcut. 

     

    If you wish, you can delete that shortcut, so that only the CloudStorage folder remains in Finder.

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camsul
Explorer | Level 4

I have version 172.4.7555, and it says it is up to date.  There is no mention about the migration.

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi camsul, could you send me some screenshots of the folder as it appears in your Finder?

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    camsul
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Here are screenshots of the two folders.

     

    If I use "get info", the one at ~/Dropbox says it's an alias, so it shouldn't be taking up double the space.  So I guess that answers my question.

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      camsul
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Oops.  That was two identical screenshots.  Here's the other one.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        2 years ago

        Hi camsul, as your Dropbox folder is now in the CloudStorage location, the other Dropbox folder, which looks like an alias to that location, is only a shortcut. 

         

        If you wish, you can delete that shortcut, so that only the CloudStorage folder remains in Finder.

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