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Move DropBox out of Library in OSX Ventura?
In OSX Ventura, is it possible to move the DropBox folder someplace where Adobe Bridge can see it (not in OSX Ventura Library)?
I'm a big Adobe Bridge fan, and I wanted to call out a feature ...
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey michaelriley, thanks for reaching out to us!
As part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage.
Some things to note about the Dropbox folder location:
- Changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.
- Due to the change of the Dropbox folder location, files that were previously linked in some third-party applications may need to be linked again.
- Storing your Dropbox folder on an external drive is no longer supported by macOS.
- Your Dropbox folder in Finder will now be found under Locations and no longer under Favorites.
- Individual folders can be moved from your Dropbox folder to Favorites for quick access.
I hope this clarifies things, but let me know if you have any questions.
@hannah (Dropboxer)
I've been looking into these issues, and have seen this robotic copy/paste response over and over.
Actually answering the questions asked would be a lot more appreciated.
- Apple benefits by now requiring users to store files in Library locally. This encourages users to buy a new Mac with a larger SSD hard drive, because they can no longer store DropBox on an inexpensive external drive. Also, it gives preferential treatment to iCloud over DropBox, because iCloud files can live in the Documents folder while DropBox cannot. It’s disappointing because DropBox is infinitely better than iCloud. But in this relationship Apple has more power than DropBox, so here we are.
Indeed we are... here.
Wars over control of data, and the users are the things being fished for.
And dropbox will get dropped (by me) as they don't seem willing/able to fight Apple's new concepts at control.
- I don’t have another way to collaborate with other designers, so I’m sticking with DropBox. I am very happy with it other than this issue. My MacBook Pro has an 8TB SSD which is enough to hold my 4TB DropBox directory which is often full. I hope that somehow enough users complain to Apple, so they might reverse this new unhelpful policy.
