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How to bulk prioritize Folder Syncing in Dropbox on OSX
I'm using Dropbox on a MacBook to sync folders with another user. Often, I need to quickly prioritize syncing a specific folder, but currently, I can only select "Sync Next" for individual ...
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I accidentally added ~/Downloads to Dropbox, then symlink from ~/Downloads can't be removed?
As the title said, I accidentally added ~/Downloads to Dropbox, then I think Dropbox symlinked the ~/Downloads folder to the corresponding Dropbox folder.
❯ ls -l
total 648
drwx------@ 5 anthony ...
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Easy recursive "unlock" for files in macOS? (or: Dropbox locks files when copying them, how to stop it?)
Background:
Our company uses Dropbox for Business (DB4B) for file sharing and there are company-wide folders that are shared read-only to groups of users that contain documents and other files they ...
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"Renaming" Dropbox (Personal) folder as a plain Dropbox folder? Looking for smylink command on all OS
Dropbox's desktop client will create two separate Dropbox folders if one uses a linked personal account with an enterprise account (in my case, this is a Dropbox account within an institution's own ...
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Suggestions for syncing shared Dropbox folder to local folder
First question here so let me know if it does not belong here.
I use Dropbox for sharing files with collaborators on some projects. When working on the project, I prefer to do it in a local folder. ...
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Mac OSX Can't Set Dropbox Folder to Root Directory
I want to have my dropbox folder be at the root directory level and I have had no success finding out why it won't. I tried to fix permissions (Can't get dropbox to move to Root on OSX?) and that ...
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Restoring orphaned folders after update to macOS High Sierra
In order to back up my computer with Dropbox, my Desktop, Documents, Development, etc... folders are stored directly in my Dropbox folder (because Dropbox doesn't like symbolic links) and I replaced ...
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Remove the Dropbox + Word integration
Dropbox has been updated and now it shows a new integration with the Word windows, it adds an icon on the side of the document.
Unfortunately this makes the Word 2011 windows flicker sometimes, and ...
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Replace all illegal characters from folders, subfolders, and files in my Dropbox folder
Our office uses dropbox on Macs to organize our design projects. For several years, many of these files and folders were being saved with characters that are illegal on Windows OS. We have some ...
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How do I change the folder where Dropbox saves my screenshots?
By default, Dropbox saves screenshots in ~/Dropbox/Screenshots.
How do I change the folder where these screenshots are saved?
I'm running macOS:
$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: ...
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Removing ._ Files from Non-Mac OS File System In Dropbox
Having a Macbook with limited space, I purchased a portable SSD drive to keep my bigger files on, and my Dropbox folder. This works for the most part, however I noticed that when I migrated to the ...
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Does putting Dropbox folder on an exFAT formatted external drive make it portable between Mac and PC?
If I use an exFAT formatted external drive to house my Dropbox folder, will the folder become portable between a Mac and a PC? In other words, if I move the external hard drive between my Mac and PC, ...
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Shared partition between OSX and Windows 10 (using Bootcamp) Disappeared?
Longtime windows user giving OSX a go. My idea was to install Windows via BootCamp and have a shared partition that holds my Dropbox folder (to avoid having dropbox take twice the room on my SSD), ...
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How to sync large directory (30gb) between Android and OSX devices?
So, my laptop is a Mac, and my phone is an Android. I want to sync my music directory between the two. The sync can either be multi-directional, or in a single direction from computer to phone.
I ...
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Fix Dropbox sync remotely
I'm having intermittent trouble getting Dropbox to sync on a remote machine. I don't know what the cause is, but it will sync fine for months then stop. I'm trying to debug this over SSH on OSX (...
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Is it possible to force a complete reset of a local copy of Dropbox?
I have broken Dropbox on my laptop and now it is stuck indexing. Is it possible to delete my local copy of Dropbox completely and force the Dropbox on my laptop to just reset itself with the server?
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Dropbox is trying to sync more than is in the folder? Mac OSX
Dropbox v3.18.1
OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite)
I have 2.54 GB in my Dropbox folder on my Mac.
but my DropBox app keeps syncing for some reason (over 3 GB) and it's out of space :(
This is really really ...
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looking for list of symlinks in Dropbox folder - find syntax not working
I am trying to move my Dropbox folder from an External Drive to a different External Drive. I was getting error messages that files couldn't be moved and according to Dropbox tech support it's ...
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vim - sync across multiple OSes with dropbox
So I decided to take the plunge into learning vim and moving over from sublime as my main editor.
I have a few different machines running different OSes. OSX on my laptop, Linux on my primary machine ...
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Can I use an 128GB SD card instead of an external hard drive on mac osx
I am stuck in a situation where I need more storage on my macbook. Most of the space is used up by dropbox which is used for work and although I have tried selective sync it is getting a bit annoying.
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Sync Desktop with Dropbox - Symlink
I tend to work almost entirely off of my desktop, and I'm attempting to simplify my workflow. I want to sync my Desktop between my Work iMac and my Mac Mini at home.
I've sucessfully synced my Home ...
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Can you work with files in a Dropbox folder when Dropbox isn't running?
I'm working on a large video project that involves some shared Dropbox folders. Because the folders are too big to fit on my internal hard drive, I created a separate user account on my Mac and ...
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OSX: Making sure Dropbox always starts after SD card is mounted?
I have a Macbook Pro with a relatively small SSD, so I use a 128GB MicroSD card in a nifty little adapter I plug flush into the side of the laptop for some extra storage. I have quite a large Dropbox,...
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Dropbox - soft link from external hard drive doesn't get recognized by Dropbox on OS X
I store some super large compilation of files on my external hard drive because there isn't enough space on my Macbook Pro. I would like to have them in my Dropbox as well. In this question Uploading ...
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Can Dropbox under OS X be accessed from a command line?
I want to access Dropbox in my Mac from a remote location with ssh. Is there any way to access Dropbox from the OS X command line?
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One way upload to dropbox
I have large media files of several gigs that I want to upload to Dropbox without storing them on my computer. When I try and use the web portal for the upload, it takes several hours and my computer (...
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Advice on User Permissions (Mac OS 10.8.3)
My first post here, so apologies for any missing information but I will try to cover as much as possible. In short, I am trying to allow two users access to a folder (and files) in one users Dropbox. ...
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Is there a way to ignore/exclude subfolders from syncing on Dropbox (for Mac OS X)?
Context: I'm trying to sync my entire Mac home folder into Dropbox. I moved Dropbox into the root folder, and sym-linked the home folder into Dropbox. The problem is that ~/Library/Containers consists ...
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Disable Dropbox Camera Upload for a particular device
Is there a way to disable the Dropbox auto-import for a particular device on OSX?
I want it to automatically import pictures from my phone, but not from my camera.
Thanks!
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Keyboard shortcuts for Mailbox App for Mac
I am using Mailbox mail client for Mac, and I'd like to know what are all the available keyboard shortcuts. Some of them are similar to Gmail (like E or R). Where can I find a complete list of ...
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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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How to stop sync file when using dropbox(not pause and resume, I want to quit)
I am trying to upload an file to dropbox, but it takes over 8hrs.
So I want to quit and place my file back.
However, I can see only 'resume' and 'pause', no 'quit':<
I already tried shutdown ...
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Windows in Parallels: Can a Windows virus destroy my Mac files?
I've mac book pro with OS X 10.9.1
On this machine I've installed Windows 8.1 in Parallels.
If I get a virus on Windows can it destroy my files on my Mac?
For example I see that my Dropbox from my ...
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Backup encrypted dmg to dropbox, google drive, box etc
I use an encrypted dmg for my sensitive documents. I don't want to place this dmg in a google drive or dropbox folder because I'm terrified I'd open it on another computer and corrupt the dmg. I have ...
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View/edit Mac OS X's Finder labels from a Windows PC
Is it possible to view and/or edit the Mac's Finder labels (applied to folders and/or files) from a Windows PC?
We are sharing files via Dropbox and it'd be nice if the few Windows users we have ...
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How can I get Dropbox not to sync a particular folder that doesn't have read permissions?
I am using Dropbox 2.4.10 on OS X. I use Spotlight with an encfs-encrypted folder inside my Dropbox, which is mounted with the -o local option to get it to work on OS X 10.9 (see here). As a result, ...
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