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Where is the new Library subfolder in MacOS that Dropbox switched to?
So I updated as urged by Dropbox, and now the link to the folder that automatically syncs to the server is gone from my Finder windows. Which is a problem when you consider that I cannot find the fol...
Kronisk wrote:... The one clue I have is that due to security or OS changes, the Dropbox required folder is now somewhere in the hidden Library folder, the location of doom for users who are not confident.
Hi Kronisk,
Yes, you are correct; the new (now mandatory) Dropbox folder location is ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox, previous default location was ~/Dropbox. 😉
Hope this clarifies matter.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Kronisk, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you referring to the Dropbox folder being visible in the CloudStorage location on the Mac?
If you're not seeing it there while the Dropbox desktop application is running, could you attach a screenshot in order to view it on our end?
Hello,
I am trying to determine where the new location that I have to put files into to sync with the Dropbox is. Prior to this update, I would just put the file in a location within my user home folder called Dropbox and the app would sync the files from there. I admittedly clicked past the text in the app describing the change just a little too quickly, but it did mention something about that folder now being in a new location. I am not a power user by any means, so locating that folder myself has proven fruitless. I do not even know what you mean by CloudStorage location. The one clue I have is that due to security or OS changes, the Dropbox required folder is now somewhere in the hidden Library folder, the location of doom for users who are not confident.
Kronisk wrote:... The one clue I have is that due to security or OS changes, the Dropbox required folder is now somewhere in the hidden Library folder, the location of doom for users who are not confident.
Hi Kronisk,
Yes, you are correct; the new (now mandatory) Dropbox folder location is ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox, previous default location was ~/Dropbox. 😉
Hope this clarifies matter.
Thank you! It was exactly where you said it would be. 🙂 It seems so simple when you know, too.
On my Mac, it looks like the installer automatically added a symbolic link, so that the previous location ~/Dropbox points to the new ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox folder. So even if you tried going to the old location, it should act almost exactly the same.
I am trying to access my dropbox location in the photo app ACDSee. The problem is ACDSee won't show or expand an alias in their folder tree. I tried creating a symbolic link to the dropbox CloudStorage location but the symbolic link won't expand either.
Any ideas? How do I view my dropbox location in ACDSee?
