A duplicate Dropbox folder has been created - which folder syncs to my web account?

[pwerlin]

I thought it would be easy to rename my Dropbox folder from 'Dropbox' to "Dropbox 3GB" 

Now I have two dropbox folders... one shows in my sidebar, and both showsunder Users/myname/ folders....

The "new" one has a checkmark on it.  

also, a lot of my photos in the dropbox say zero bytes and no longer exist although they are also in my web dropbox.

Which one is the "real" dropbox? how do I get rid of the other one? 

I cant seem to insert a screenshot .

( I am on a Macbook M2 chip running Sonoma 14.4)

Thank you.

Phyllis

[Rich]

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@pwerlin wrote:

I thought it would be easy to rename my Dropbox folder ... Which one is the "real" dropbox?

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Check the Sync tab within Dropbox Preferences and it should show you the location of your Dropbox folder. For future reference, you cannot rename the Dropbox folder.

[pwerlin]

well I guess I know that now.   Preferences shows that the location is Users/myname/dropbox

but I have two in that location... 

is the one in my sidebar just an alias that points to these two folders in users?

Those both both show the same location. 

/Users/[removed per Community Guidelines]/dropbox

I am not "new" to Macs, but not familiar with all the issues with file structure.  

[Nancy]

Hi from me too, @pwerlin! The Dropbox folder that shows syncing icons next to your files should be the one syncing to our servers/your web account. 

However, I’d rather have a full screenshot of what you see as well and we can go from there. Here’s how you can attach it here: 

[pwerlin]

well, I did try that  - it  takes me to a box that says source, description and dimensions - I see no way to browse to an image.  

[Megan]

Can you try to press Command-V on your keyboard to paste the picture here instead @pwerlin?