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Paul D.4
2 months agoHelpful | Level 7
Two Dropbox folders after migration from old Mac to new
A couple of days after I did my migration I noticed on the new Mac there are two dropbox folders, the one that should be syncing with my other devices is called “DropBox personal” however, after the ...
Paul D.4
Helpful | Level 7
I've posted this problem earlier, but the backstory related to a MacBook migration is besides the point at this juncture. Contrary to my experience with dropBox on my older MacBook, which faithfully retained valid modification dates, DropBox on my new MacBook bulk-changes folder modification dates, despite the lack of *any activity* or true modification of their contents. See the attached finder list where folders are having their mod dates changed en masse even though there's *no* activity. I wish I could understand this new behavior which really upends the way I work with DropBox contents - sorting by date and seeing instantly what I've been working on recently. This seems so fundamental and counterproductive, I'm hoping there is a fix at hand. Thanks in advance for any help.
Paul
Paul D.4
28 days agoHelpful | Level 7
I'm stumped on how to post an image I supplied a valid directory path to the image but clearly that's not doing the job
- Walter28 days agoDropbox Staff
Maybe you'd like to try another browser then, Paul?
- Paul D.428 days agoHelpful | Level 7
Hi Walter, I can't tell if you're suggestion applies to the failed image post or the DropBox problem I'm describing. The screen grab is a little secondary in so far as one sees say two dozen folders with the same recent date, even though there's been no activity within them. As to the central problem, I'm not using a web browser, but rather wanting the dropbox folder in my Mac primary user directory that is simply mirrored to other devices and not influx or churning in the cloud. The way it used to work for me is I thought I had everything saved locally and box folder contents simply mirrored to other devices, this was a very happy state of affairs I'd like to reinstate.
- Walter28 days agoDropbox Staff
Does the modification date change after performing a syncing process perhaps, Paul?
For example, does this happen when setting your files or folders to be available offline or online-only perhaps?
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