Can't put the folder on an external drive on MacOS

[Sami k]

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 ..

[Jay]

Hi @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!

[Sami k]

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"

[Jay]

Could you confirm the exact folder location for the Dropbox folder on your Mac?

[Sami k]

It is ”librery” folder MacBook

[Sami k]

Users/samikontto/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox

[Rich]

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@Sami k wrote:

"This version of macOS reguires dropbox folders to be stored here"

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Another forum user gives a pretty good description of why this is required now. Simply put, it's a restriction from Apple; not Dropbox.

• https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-installs-integrations/Dropbox-Location-change-to-Library-Clo...

[hmedia]

Hey @Rich, do you mind quoting the reason ?  That forum link is access denied to us regular peasants 🙂 

[Rich]

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@hmedia wrote:

do you mind quoting the reason ?  That forum link is access denied to us regular peasants

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It's a newer restriction from the latest versions of macOS. Simply put, it's controlled by macOS; not Dropbox.

[DenniF1]

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