#Dropbox for mac help Pc

I no longer attach an вЂњexternalвЂќ drive, nor do I create a separate Dropbox user account. It may not work for everyone, but if your entire Dropbox account has less than 128GB,В this might just workвЂ¦ I wrote this post a year ago, and during that time I found a solution that is much simpler. It simply says вЂњI canвЂ™t work like thisвЂќ and waits until you remount the hard drive. When you switch over to the other user account, DropboxВ throws a nice warning that simply says вЂњYour Dropbox folder is missing.вЂќДropbox doesnвЂ™t delete files from your account, and it doesnвЂ™t go about creating duplicates. If you ever unmount your external hard drive, your Dropbox folder is unchanged. Really great tip that I honestly hadnвЂ™t thought about when I started this project! So there is no need to do any kind of massive file ownership change to what is on your external drive. OSXВ will treat any changes to files on an external drive as being changed by the current user. UPDATED on : One of the commenters, Bob, pointed out in the comments belowВ that you donвЂ™t need to worry about changing file permissions on any of the files in your Dropbox folder on the external drive either.I havenвЂ™t confirmed this, but I believe it uses LAN sync.With your external drive mounted, you can now see all of your Dropbox.

The storage on your internal drive is unchanged.

You still have Dropbox in your home folder, and you still haveВ Selective Sync.

On a mac you can вЂњswitch usersвЂќ so that this account on your MacBook stays logged in and keeps syncing your Dropbox.

Setup Dropbox, signing into Dropbox with your account, but change the Dropbox root location to your external hard drive.

(you could evenВ give it a username of вЂњDropboxвЂќ.

Create a new user account on your MacBook or laptop.

The only solution that actually does work:

Some third-party tool that assures you it will be around forever.

IвЂ™m not going to bother providing links to examples. The solutions that DONвЂ™T work, or that I donвЂ™t want to use:

You have this shiny external hard drive that could hold your entire Dropbox accountВ with space left over.

#Dropbox for mac help Pc

You have a MacBook or PC with a hard drive that isnвЂ™t big enough for your entire Dropbox account.