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ReneKrewinkel
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

I use Dropbox backup and my desktop files are on the computer but I can't find the actual folders

I have this weird situation where I have my MacBook pro connected to dropbox and I'm syncing my Documents en Desktop.  And all of a sudden all files from my Desktop disappeared. If I open a termina...
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Hannah
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No worries, Rene.

 

Just to clarify, if you open 'Dropbox/Mac (2)/Desktop in Finder', do you not see any files?

 

Do they appear as normal in your backups page online?

ReneKrewinkel's avatar
ReneKrewinkel
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

Hi Hannah,

 

No and yes, and the files are just there, but not visible in Finder, very strange

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