You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Turning on dropbox backup but folder name is weird
I had tested the Dropbox Backup feature in the past so I know that when turned on my Computers should be added as My Mac (Unique Mac Name). I decided to turn it back on again when setting up two new ...
OK, they are finally rolling up a Beta update for Dropbox Backup that will let you rename and I was able to do it! You can do go through Dropbox Backup in the app, disable the backups on all the computers there, and then restart them. Then, re-enable backups and it should move you over to beta so you can now rename things!
Hannah It has been 2 years, and we still can't rename the sync folder at DropBox. I followed the step, tried to unlink and relink the device. Now here we go: it's been like Mac (1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(2)(1).
I even can't understand how you can allow this happened.
HOW HARD IS IT FOR YOUR DEVELOPER TO JUST LET YOUR USERS CHOOSE THE FOLDER NAME THEY WANT TO USE?
I can’t believe this still hasn’t been fixed 😂😂😂
OK, they are finally rolling up a Beta update for Dropbox Backup that will let you rename and I was able to do it! You can do go through Dropbox Backup in the app, disable the backups on all the computers there, and then restart them. Then, re-enable backups and it should move you over to beta so you can now rename things!
I just did this! Can confirm it works! Thanks Dropbox!
By disable do you mean delete backup? I dont see a disable option in the app under Dropbox Backups. What specific steps do I follow? Delete the backup, restart the computer, then set the backup up again?
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey tks32, are you on the updated Dropbox Backup in order for this feature to be available to you?
