You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Dropbox Migration to a New Mac With the New Cloud Storage Setup
On my primary computer, I keep all Dropbox files in offline mode. I've updated to the new Dropbox setup that places the Dropbox folder in ~/Library/CloudStorage. I'm wondering what will happe...
Got it! Thanks--that makes sense.
Can I suggest that your development people review this and see if it's possible to update the Dropbox application at some point in the future so these steps are no longer necessary. The way things worked BEFORE the current change was simpler and less time-and-bandwidth consuming: You just had to run the standard Apple migration, and and then connect the new computer to your Dropbox account (no reinstallation necessary). At that point Dropbox would update its indexing without requiring re-download of the Dropbox contents.
Got it! Thanks--that makes sense.
Can I suggest that your development people review this and see if it's possible to update the Dropbox application at some point in the future so these steps are no longer necessary. The way things worked BEFORE the current change was simpler and less time-and-bandwidth consuming: You just had to run the standard Apple migration, and and then connect the new computer to your Dropbox account (no reinstallation necessary). At that point Dropbox would update its indexing without requiring re-download of the Dropbox contents.
A follow-up note after reading about Dropbox's layoffs and current financial difficulties. In my opinion Dropbox has made the classic mistake of putting too many resources into developing sexy new features while failing to maintain the strength of its core technology. Over time, most Mac users migrate to newer machines. At that point Dropbox still forces them to go through a needlessly long, complex, and painful process, and many customers simply give up and decide to abandon Dropbox. It's now been two years since the original Forum discussion about this. That's easily enough time for Dropbox development to have improved the process if it had been given priority.
Yes, classic, for sure. I'm sure there are many companies this applies to, but Adobe's one that impacts me every day. Diverted all their resources to developing AI technologies no one wants, while neglecting the features and foundations we rely on.
Disappointing thing in this thread is that even if Dropbox's best advice is to follow a long series of steps, it would be great if someone from the company could document those steps and publish them! "How to migrate to your new Mac (with screenshots)". Dropbox for Dummies. File management can be nerve-racking, especially when deleting/removing things is involved, so an authorised step-by-step procedure to follow would be great.
