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Dropbox and Transcend JetDrive Lite expansion cards
I was wondering if anyone had had any success storing their Dropbox folder on one of these expansion cards? I have one for my MacBook Pro and would love to keep a rather large Dropbox folder on there but when I try to I get an error message saying that some files can't be moved, please select a new location or close some files and try again. I have closed files and rebooted but still get the error. Might it help if I tried to reformat the JetDrive?
Hmm, not sure about that. I moved the whole Dropbox folder to the Transcend and once you format it and install a bit of software that mounts and unmounts the drive when putting the computer to sleep it all works really well.
Think I may have solved this on my own. I reformatted the card to Mac OS (Journaled) and it all now works well.
Hi Andy, could you explain how you did this please? I just got a Transcend Jetdrive and formatted the card accordingly, but with Selective Sync the only folders that can be selected are the ones under my user folder (and the Jetdrive isn't one of them). I know it's an old topic, but I'm really stuck here. Thanks!
I just purchased a JetDrive yesterday. After formatting it, I needed to re-link my dropbox to the Transcend/JetDrive SD card. The selective sync only controls what syncs to your DropBox location, not what folder you use for DropBox. Go to Settings/preferences/Account and you will see an option to unlink your DropBox. Then re-link it to the JetDrive. DropBox will re-sync to that new location and then you can delete the old DropBox folder.
One thing about JetDrive that I have not gotten to work. When my MacBook Pro wakes from sleep, the operating system doesn't always mount the JetDrive before DropBox throws an error saying it can't see the folder location, causing DB to quit and then I have to re-launch DB (huge pain). Using the JetDrive settings hasn't fixed it either. I'll repost if I figure it out.
Hello Andy - I hope you won't mind answering a question. I too am considering a JetDrive card and am planning on permanently moving a couple of large folders with multiple files to it. I cannot figure out if once those files are moved to the JetDrive card can the files/folders of that card be set up to automatically sync to Dropbox just like all the other files/folders on my Macbook's hard drive?
If you have any insights and wouldn't mind sharing, it would be appreciated.
Hmm, not sure about that. I moved the whole Dropbox folder to the Transcend and once you format it and install a bit of software that mounts and unmounts the drive when putting the computer to sleep it all works really well.
Hello...I am trying to change the original Dropbox directory to the Jetdrive but really don't know exactly how to do it? Can someone please give the right directions? Thanks in advance!
