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Sami k's avatar
Sami k
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

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 ..
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    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.

     

BJRo's avatar
BJRo
New member | Level 2

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.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
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.

 

  • Yegor's avatar
    Yegor
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    This is a FALSE answer. Stop lying to people!!!

    It was DropBox's choice to use this optional Apple library and that's the reason I'm moving away from DropBox after 10 years of use.

  • skibum333's avatar
    skibum333
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    I'm considering purchasing a new Mac Studio this August.  Reading the information about the new restriction on using an external drive with Dropbox, I'm wondering if anyone has tested moving the entire home directory onto an external drive.

     

    The ~/Library/CloudStorage would still be respected.

     

    Has anyone tested this or has heard about this possibly working?

    Since my Dropbox folder is approaching the 1TB size, I don't want to have to buy a 2TB Mac Studio.

     

    Thanks.

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