MAC - Documents Folder is now an Alias - Can't sync the same folder on Google Drive

Question

Hi everyone, I just set-up Dropbox to automatically backup my Documents Folder on Mac. I did the backup. I also use Google Drive to do a secondary cloud backup and when I opened it Drive was unable to locate the Documents folder. I checked and I noticed that now the Documents Folder is an Alias Folder, looks like Dropbox moves it somewhere around doing a mess.

The problem is that if I try to re-sync the entire Documents Folder on Google Drive Desktop App, it says that's not possible cause Documents Folder is now a sub-folder or a folder of another folder already active. Looks connected to what Dropbox did on the Documents Folder.

Tks for help.

Rich · Answer

@paulienat wrote:I checked and I noticed that now the Documents Folder is an Alias Folder, looks like Dropbox moves it somewhere around doing a mess.

That's how it's supposed to work. The "backup" feature moves your Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders into the Dropbox folder so they can sync to your account.