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Moving Dropbox folder from ~/Library/CloudStorage
What is the reason for not allowing me to specify where I want to save my Dropbox files in Ventura? I don't have enough space in my system drive to keep a copy of my Dropbox files. And yes, I need ...
Hello goodnight.
I'm using the Ventura version, and I also had the same problem, analyzing my Logs, and observing the Forum messages, I performed a battery of tests.
1. Reinstall via homebrew (same error)
2. Manual reinstall (same error)Then I went to other levels of execution, when running as Root, it worked at first.
Puff, it dawned on me, permission was the problem.
I reset the permissions. (same error) lol 😞
I decided to run the binaries via terminal.
"cd /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS"
Then "./Dropbox"
However, I still got error.
Realizing that it had worked as root, and there were indications of permissions.
I decided to delete the root folders.
"/Users/elizeu/.dropbox"
"/Users/elizeu/Dropbox"IT WORKED.!!!!
Running as RootRunning as a regular user, after excluding local folders.synchronizingHe follows:
Thank you for your insight and help. But that's what I was trying to avoid was the reinstall — as it takes days to resync up. Might as well move to Google Drive. Take it easy.
You will not need to re-synchronize your files.
Let's assume you have your huge Dropbox folder stored on an external drive and it is accessible at /Volumes/External/Dropbox. You can replace that location with the actual location of your folder for the remainder of these instructions. It will work just fine.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
I assume your Dropbox folder is located on an external drive that can be accessed at /Volumes/External/Dropbox. You should substitute that folder with the actual location of your Dropbox folder as you go through this guide.
If you have not already done so, make sure you quit Dropbox before you begin!
- Open a Terminal window
- In the Terminal, type
sudo rm ~/Library/Dropbox && ~/Library/.dropbox
- Enter your Mac's password when prompted. You will not get any visual feedback while you are entering the password
- Run Dropbox. It will think it's the first time you run it. Go through the setup.
- As the last step of the setup, you will be asked to choose what files and folders in your Dropbox account you want to keep a local copy of. Select them all. Complete the setup.
- As soon as Dropbox loads, quit the app.
- Now go back to the Terminal:
sudo rm ~/Library/Dropbox && ln -s /Volumes/External/Dropbox ~/Library/Dropbox
- To verify everything is good:
ls -al ~/Library/Dropbox
- You should see a listing of all the files located at /Volumes/External/Dropbox If you don't, go back to step 2.
- OPTIONAL: Install macFuse https://osxfuse.github.io/
- Now start Dropbox. You are DONE!
This does not work in the least.
