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initial install of dropbox on D drive (a large HDD)
I am on Windows 11. It is a new installation. I have a small C: dive SSD and a new formatted 2TB HDD. The C: drive has the majority of my programs on it. My 😧 drive will be my Dropbox containing my customer Data I want to backup on Dropbox. Whenever I install dropbox it loads on my C:drive and I do not get a message to change the Target location. How do I install Dropbox on my 😧 drive?
MJP-Arlington wrote:
Whenever I install dropbox it loads on my C:drive and I do not get a message to change the Target location. How do I install Dropbox on my D drive?
You need to select the Advance Options during the install (just after signing in, I believe) and you'll have an option to specify the location of your Dropbox folder.
- Rich
Super User II
MJP-Arlington wrote:
Whenever I install dropbox it loads on my C:drive and I do not get a message to change the Target location. How do I install Dropbox on my D drive?
You need to select the Advance Options during the install (just after signing in, I believe) and you'll have an option to specify the location of your Dropbox folder.
same question but with install on a new Mac Air with external 4TB Samsung SSD.....
PS: install is new to this Mac Air. I have an existing DB account w 1.4TB +/- of data on it. Want it on my Samsung SSD, not the 2TB SSD inside the Mac Air.....
- Rich
diapalino wrote:
same question but with install on a new Mac Air with external 4TB Samsung SSD.....
From what I understand, the new update for macOS no longer supports installing Dropbox on an external drive. Dropbox now uses Apple's FIleProvider API which restricts the Dropbox folder to the CloudStorage folder.
