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New named Dropbox structure
I am a user of DropBox Business, on Windows 10.
Last week, I suddenly realized that the shortcuts to some of my Dropbox folders were broken.
A quick look learned me that the structure had changed...
We are in the process of moving everything over to Google Drive. Our Agency is already using Google Workspace, so the cost part was easy.
It took some experimentation to understand all of the security settings, but we make the cut-over on Wednesday the 21st - the day before our business account renews. We are using GoodSync for cloud-to/from-local sync (i.e. working files), which syncs directly to/from Google Drive, on-line only (which Google calls 'streaming') will sync correctly without two local copies. In the end, I am hopeful that our cloud storage will be easier to use and will definitely use less HDD space.
Good luck!
Hi Krutsch,
Wondered how the switch to Google Drive went? I'm so freaking out about this Dropbox 'upgrade' and have so far managed to postpone it. I've haven't found any positive talk on forums, so have been looking into how the file sync works with google drive and also the pathways, as I have HTML links for email signatures etc that I will need to rework after the upgrade or move. So painful, I dread to think how much down time it will cause. I'm no tech head, and too small a design studio to employ one.
Cheers, Meghan
Did Dropbox stop pushing this change? I did not want it and kept deferring. Then in my admin had a message we will let you know when we are ready to upgrade you. Now that is totally gone.
I just want to make sure I do not wake up one morning and the change happened.
Same here, we kept deferring until we just gave up, but then shortly before the target date, we were postponed due to high demand. And..... have heard nothing back since. Which is good. This was an all around bad idea and I have absolutely no idea what bonehead thought it would be good to do a "free upgrade" that messed with the file hierarchy and throw a good number of paying businesses into chaos. I sincerely hope they have given up on this and realized just how stupid it was. I'm hoping someone got fired, and now those that are left are trying to figure out the next corrective move. That said, it would be nice if you could give paying customers a bit more insight into WTF is going on and more visibility into future development plans. This isn't a a consumer service we're paying for, we have an entire business relying on it, and there is a very significant amount of lost revenue and wasted resources that occur if something stupid like this is pulled.
Well this is back. I just got a DB email that my account will be updated 9/23/23. I went in and postponed it for as long as possible which was 11/13/23.
I do not use Team Folders. I have several users and we use shared folders (not team). We also share with users outside our org that have non business accounts. It is not clear what happens to shared folders. Do they just stay in each user personal folders?
Here is the link to "what is changing."
https://help.dropbox.com/plans/upcoming-business-team-changes#beforechecklist
Here is my 8/22/22 post on Page 4 of this thread.
I think same applies so figured I would repost.- We really do no use team folders. I have only one team folder noted as a test folder and it is empty.
- Since we are not using team folders and each user just has their own folders, will that be the same as each user having personal folder on this new DB and all their subfolders will be there at the same subfolder locations?
- Who can see files in the personal folder? Just the user or also an admin?
- What happens to shared folders? Do they remain personal folders and remain shared to both internal and external users?
- Are share folders moved for each user and remain shared? I have shared folders to external users and they may have moved that folder to another location in their DB. I did the same with an internal user. Will the shared folder be in the same location in the users personal folders?
- What happens to shared links to files? Do they remain the same?
On Mapping, I found this article.
[NOTE THIS WAS THE OLD LINK BUT JUST TAKES TO THE NEW CHECKLIST]
https://help.dropbox.com/accounts-billing/plans-upgrades/upcoming-business-team-changes
The naming convention of the Dropbox folder will change from “Dropbox [team name]” to “[Team name] Dropbox”.
Right now, the DB Folder has a path like
C:\Users\john\Dropbox (TEAM)
Will the new one be this?
C:\Users\john\(TEAM) Dropbox
Each team member will now have their own personal folder called a team member folder. Will it look like this:
C:\Users\john\(TEAM) Dropbox\John
All other content, including shared folders, will be moved to each member’s team member folder.
We do not use Team Folders. I have one that is a test that only I am a member of
Existing team folders will move to the team space. Will the one team folder I have appear like this?
C:\Users\john\(TEAM) Dropbox\TEAM\Test
