Renaming Backup folder

Question

Hi community, I have a question to those who use macOS devices. I recently got a new mac and set up the backup on Dropbox. Dropbox automatically named my new mac as Mac(2). However, I will be using this new device as my primary machine and I may end up selling my old mac if don’t see a reason to hold it. Therefore, I want to change the naming for these two macs. My devices are actually renamed as; MacBook Pro(2016) and MacBook Pro(2021), so there is nothing in naming as Mac(1) and Mac(2). I tried unlinking both my devices and set my new one first but it is still named Mac(2). Has anyone ever had a similar issue, and been successful fixing/renaming(backup) it?

onewil · Answer

Wanted to say thank you! Looks like this idea is in progress, which is great. Appreciate the help connecting us to the voting option.

Walter · Answer

Hi @onewil & @brotskydotcom, thank you both for your feedback on this.

I just wanted to mention that you can also have a look at this idea and upvote it as well to show your interest.

onewil · Answer

Agree it would be great to get an answer. This seems like a poor limitation, and my Dropbox is littered with Mac (2) and Mac (3) which aren't... clearly named folders.