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Can't put the folder on an external drive on MacOS
I chose dropbox just because it gets on an external disk, can't anymore? I'm totally frustrated, last year 3 months didn't work at all for MacOs ..
BJRo wrote:
Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory?
This isn't Dropbox's doing; it's a new restriction put in place by Apple. Changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Sami k, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
What version of Mac OS are you running, as well as the Dropbox desktop application?
Where is the Dropbox folder currently located on your machine?
This will help me to assist further!
Monterey 12.3.1
Normally my dropbox is SSD external storage.
Now it is in macbook?? i cant move it? "This version of macOS reguires dropbox folders to be stored here"
- Rich
Super User II
Sami k wrote:
"This version of macOS reguires dropbox folders to be stored here"
Another forum user gives a pretty good description of why this is required now. Simply put, it's a restriction from Apple; not Dropbox.
Dropbox is blaming the Max OS? Then how is it that Sync.com allows me to store my data on an external HD as do several other services?
Seems to me the latest version of Dropbox is the issue not the Mac OS. If I wasn't forced to upgrade my Dropbox then my external storage would still be working fine for Dropbox.
I have over 2 TB of data on my DB account and no way will that fit on my internal storage, time to move on. And no, I will not store it in the cloud only, that is just silly.
I suggest everyone look at other services and see if they have the same issues.
Hey Rich, do you mind quoting the reason ? That forum link is access denied to us regular peasants 🙂
Just updated my macos to 12.5 for security reasons and it moved my main dropbox folder to my internal hard drive and won't allow me to keep it on my external drive. This is ridiculous! I don't have the space internally! This has be to fixed
How to solve this? Need to install dropbox on a separate partition, same drive.
Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory? How to fix this? With symbolic links? Help! Any advice? Was working fine before stored in a custom location under the within the user folder but in a different directory.
- Jay
Could you confirm the exact folder location for the Dropbox folder on your Mac?
