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Access forbidden after changing Apache root in httpd.config to Dropbox
I'm trying to change the Apache root directory from
/Users/"my user"/applications/XAMPP/htdocs
to a
/Users/"my user"/dropbox/sites
directory, so that my files automatically back up to Dropbox. ...
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How to replicate the "Move to Dropbox" Mac OS X Finder context menu item for other apps?
When Dropbox is installed on Mac OS X, it installs a "Move to Dropbox" context menu item:
I would like to install a similar menu item for other apps and actions. Specifically, I would like an "Open ...
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Why does Dropbox add *com.dropbox.attributes files?
I'm a Mac user who shares various files in Dropbox with my Windows-using colleagues. Regularly, I find lots *com.dropbox.attributes files in my shared folders. This appears to create one for each ...
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why does dropbox keep syncing when nothing is changing?
I've got a particularly large file (about 500MB) that frequently changes, one one of the machines that sync together isn't fast enough at times to keep up - it doesn't finish synching before another (...
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Synology and Dropbox
I'm planning to buy a Synology NAS to use as an always-on media server. I currently have all my photos and music in my Dropbox folder on two Macs, and would like to simply mirror them onto the NAS as ...
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Dropbox SSL Certificate issue on OS X in both Chrome and Safari
Currently unable to connect to www.dropbox.com via https. This is only happening on one machine on the network. The machine is running OS X 10.6.8.
Safari gives -
When trying to connect in chrome I ...
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Access iCloud Drive via terminal
OS X 10.10 was just released, and one of the features I personally awaited the most was iCloud Drive. Unfortunately, I had to learn that it was not as accessible as Dropbox.
file ~/Dropbox
/Users/...
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Dropbox asks me for password and resync on DropBox start
Everytime I start the Dropbox app (version 2.10.41) on Mac OS X (version 10.9.5) it asks me to log in and after login it starts to sync and tells me that my computer is linked successfully.
This ...
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OSX - Schedule programs to start at night, close in morning
On Mac OSX, is there a program or method I could use to start an application (say Dropbox) at around 9pm at night and then close the application in the morning (say 9am).
I've found Dropbox is making ...
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New File via Dropbox Does Not Inherit Windows Directory Permissions
Environment:
Windows Server 2012
Mac OS 10.6.8
Dropbox
The purpose of the Dropbox share is to allow the user on the Mac to move files into a directory that is served by IIS on the Windows Server ...
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Where is Dropbox started in Mac OS X?
If I look at the Dropbox process, I see that its parent is /sbin/launchd. But I can't find any plist file in any of the standard directories (e.g. /System/Library, /Library, ~/Library + LaunchAgents, ...
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Dropbox folder permissions changing to 700 and causing re-sync
I've just got myself a new Macbook Pro 13" running Mavericks, my first experience of OSX 10.9 having moved up from an older mac running 10.7.
After setting up my local web development environment and ...
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Mac Dropbox client not syncing; weird menubar behaviour
Old hackintosh with 10.6.3 on it. Everything used to work just fine, but about 2 weeks ago I noticed it wasn't syncing.
I've tried removing/reinstalling, rebooting, fixing permissions, wiping out ...
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Picasa Syncing with Dropbox via different PC/MAC
Gd day everybody,
following challenge:
I have a ton of pictures on my computer (Mac 10.9.2) and I am using Picasa. All good working on a single computer, however
I have another 3 Macs on which I would ...
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Can't get dropbox to move to Root on OSX?
I want to move my dropbox folder from HDD/users/pete2k/dropbox to HDD/dropbox however whenever I try and do this using the 'gear icon' --> 'Dropbox location' I get an error saying...
Can't create a ...
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