I chose dropbox just because it gets on an external disk, can't anymore? I'm totally frustrated,last year 3 months didn't work at all for MacOs ..
@BJRo wrote: Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory?
Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory?
This isn't Dropbox's doing; it's a new restriction put in place by Apple. Changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.
Hi @Sami k, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
What version of Mac OS are you running, as well as the Dropbox desktop application?
Where is the Dropbox folder currently located on your machine?
This will help me to assist further!
Monterey 12.3.1
Normally my dropbox is SSD external storage.
Now it is in macbook?? i cant move it? "This version of macOS reguires dropbox folders to be stored here"
Could you confirm the exact folder location for the Dropbox folder on your Mac?
Users/samikontto/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox
@Sami k wrote: "This version of macOS reguires dropbox folders to be stored here"
"This version of macOS reguires dropbox folders to be stored here"
Another forum user gives a pretty good description of why this is required now. Simply put, it's a restriction from Apple; not Dropbox.
Hey @Rich, do you mind quoting the reason ? That forum link is access denied to us regular peasants 🙂
@hmedia wrote: do you mind quoting the reason ? That forum link is access denied to us regular peasants
do you mind quoting the reason ? That forum link is access denied to us regular peasants
It's a newer restriction from the latest versions of macOS. Simply put, it's controlled by macOS; not Dropbox.
Just updated my macos to 12.5 for security reasons and it moved my main dropbox folder to my internal hard drive and won't allow me to keep it on my external drive. This is ridiculous! I don't have the space internally! This has be to fixed
Why on earth would Dropbox try and force storage of over 100GB of data inside the user /Library directory? How to fix this? With symbolic links? Help! Any advice? Was working fine before stored in a custom location under the within the user folder but in a different directory.
How to solve this? Need to install dropbox on a separate partition, same drive.
I absolutely agree this needs to be fixed. I am so disappointed with Apple, and this is a simple cheap-*ss ploy to force users to buy overpriced mac hardware. It is about as insulting as you can get. I love the mac only because I grew up on BSD, all of the new fancy bloatware widgets and now this insult makes me question why I buy their expensive and overpriced hardware. I know enough about OS design to know there is no technical reason why cloud storage can't be placed on external drives. What utter rubbish.
Hi, how does this solve the space constraint?
Can we use symlink for this destination to external drive?
If this can't be solved, will be forced to start using alternative like Resilio or Nextcloud.
Dropbox is blaming the Max OS? Then how is it that Sync.com allows me to store my data on an external HD as do several other services?
Seems to me the latest version of Dropbox is the issue not the Mac OS. If I wasn't forced to upgrade my Dropbox then my external storage would still be working fine for Dropbox.
I have over 2 TB of data on my DB account and no way will that fit on my internal storage, time to move on. And no, I will not store it in the cloud only, that is just silly.
I suggest everyone look at other services and see if they have the same issues.
I agree that this cannot be tolerated by Dropbox users. Something has gotta give. My 2016 MacBook Pro's internal SSD boot drive has only 500 GB of storage which CANNOT be upgraded thanks to Apple ignoring "right to repair" and "right to upgrade" cries from its user base.
Looks like I'll be switching over to Box.com.
Crucial, and central workflow for so many professionals.
Right now please.
This is a FALSE answer. Stop lying to people!!!
It was DropBox's choice to use this optional Apple library and that's the reason I'm moving away from DropBox after 10 years of use.
I'm considering purchasing a new Mac Studio this August. Reading the information about the new restriction on using an external drive with Dropbox, I'm wondering if anyone has tested moving the entire home directory onto an external drive.
The ~/Library/CloudStorage would still be respected.
Has anyone tested this or has heard about this possibly working?Since my Dropbox folder is approaching the 1TB size, I don't want to have to buy a 2TB Mac Studio.
Thanks.
