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SteveMouzon
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Changing home folder location - Mac
I just bought a new MacBook Pro and migrated from the previous one which was running Mojave via TimeMachine backup. For some reason, the Dropbox app got corrupted and I had to reinstall. It created a...
SteveMouzon
Explorer | Level 3
Thanks, Walter! I tried that, but what I’m actually trying to do is point Dropbox to where my folder already is, but it said “there’s a Dropbox folder there already.” The reason I don’t want to move it is because Time Machine will probably try to back everything up again. So I’d much rather point Dropbox to where my folder is, and has been for years. I wonder what the cleanest way of doing that might be?
Walter
2 years agoDropbox Staff
It seems that you're not choosing the correct path there, Steve.
Can you send me a screenshot of the exact error you're getting so that I can have a look too?
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