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Hi @"Diego5", May be one clarification can help. Are You using 'Selective Sync...' and if so, are the movement directed inside such a place? Hope this gives some 'hooks'! :wink:

I use Dropbox in Ubuntu and (if we ignore the relatively bad support) it work fine. Seem I wasn't clear enough about the mapping. I haven't used VmWare, but in VirtualBox, for example, without using any external tools, You cat select some folder in host file system and map content as content of a virtual drive in the…

Opp... Hmm... @"Pummelchen", One note here. The Dropbox debian package is little bit buggy :dizzy_face:. There are no any dependencies ceclared! So, You have to ensure that everything declared in system dependencies page is installed, the package manager can't ensure this (dependencies - missing)! Nonetheless, what about…

Hi @"Pummelchen", I will share some my experiences, may be similar to Yours. Sometime ago, every try to open Dropbox icon context menu for first time after service start, result in partially visible menu or entirely invisible. In addition it was impossible to close it using simple click on empty place or something like. It…

Most probably. From the system support point of view - same system set are supported (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android). The conception is little bit different. As I noted above, full virtualization is used and this is the basic part (on Dropbox the basic is direct directory sync), after that You can choose what and where…

@"readymade", As @"Lusil" already noted above, this is not fully supported on Dropbox.

@"readymade", Something more: Because the file will not be available locally to use it You need network! May be, if You want full virtualization, could choose another service like pCloud for example (there is drive/partition virtualization, not only the file system elements).

Sounds strange?! Why? Didn't You heard about different kinds of virtual file system? Typical case is NFS, also for Linux and Mac - FUSE (on Windows there are equivalent API)...

@"readymade", take a look at: https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/smart-sync

Hi @"readymade", There was a small error in @"Lusil"'s explanation. In fact to work would be need You to use 'Smart Sync'! If 'Smart Sync' isn't active then You are right - file will be locally saved and without any sync. If 'Smart Sync' is active then files saved will engage minimal space (in fact buffering) and will be…

@"Lusil" wrote: ... For this reason, if you:* Dragged and dropped the file: It should be removed from the Dropbox folder and exist only in the new location. * Copied and pasted the file: Then it would exist in both locations (the Dropbox folder and wherever you pasted the file into). ... Hi @"Lusil", I want to put here one…

@"Rich" wrote:... No one ever said there was a technology reason for it. No one is debating that. Dropbox simply doesn't support it anymore. Technically they never officially supported it, but it worked. Almost, but not exactly! In fact You are right, there wasn't (and is not) any technology. Dropbox (or any other such…

Hi @"chasDSO", Yes, You are absolutely right! I don't know (and not just me) why Dropbox set this limitation. My work is just workaround the limitation. :slight_smile:

I don't use selective sync, so this is not tested.

Hi @"paloi", Yes, I reinstall it just to be sure (after detecting that the last publication wasn't the recent). Exact function is: mask the underlying filesystem, so for Dropbox it looks like Ext4 (doesn't matter what is realy). The change is only how it looks like, there are no any actual changes in real filesystem.

@"TripleS", Sorry, my last publication was one of my drafts. For sure it will not work. It was debug version (some syntax error was still there, missing punctuation). After install I didn't use it for long time (multiple versions was on same place). The next is the last actual version: #!/bin/bash…

The script part is entirely mine and C-code is derived from number other publications. Ooo.. I didn't see the question for test! Yes, I currently use it. :slight_smile:

Hi @"altofocus", Did You check this: drivehq.com :wink:

@"Hypersphere", I partially agree with You. Just one clarification - RHEL use much older versions than Ubuntu and Fedora! So would be no problem to transfer application from RHEL to Fedora for example, which isn't true in opposite direction. Anyway to support 'SmartSync', FUSE availability is enough, which is true in all…

Hi @"Hypersphere", I can't agree, that linux isn't a single OS. Linux is single OS with multiple distributions (in fact tree of distributions). Of course, like anyone OS, there are different versions. I don't know exactly why Dropbox ignore Linux support, but there are FUSE capabilities available for everyone (present day)…

Hi @"nocibambi", No, no... It don't make this issue hidden for support team. Every one post on any one thread (including mark as accepted) is on support team attention. Another story is the processing level provided from this "support team" (just PR staff). Like many other things, probably this issue never reached (and…

Ooo... I see. The 'tiny' part is the random password. That's why I use such passwords only for local device protection. Devices, which I can hard reset them, if need. It seems You have enough information for confirm Your identity, but it's matter of company politics... :dizzy_face: I wish You success.

Maybe I'm wrong during some supposions I made. Do You have access still to the old Dropbox account? This is important! Above, You said about Your email account is lost. This doesn't lead immediately to Dropbox account losing! If You know Your lost email address and the Dropbox password, it's in Your control still (of…

Hi @"mak291", You mention that You have access to the Dropbox account still. May be better solution could be a new account (using new email of course) in Dropbox or another service. After that, You can transfer all Your data to the new account (wherever it is) and clear all information from the old one. For example pCloud…

Hi @"FieldsofDaisies", I think Your issue comes from fact that You try to open web page using Adobe Acrobat Reader (Your link end with 'dl=0'). May be compatibility can be improved if You embed in Your page direct link to the actual pdf file (using link ending 'dl=1'). In particular case, for example:…

If someone still have problems about selecting "Dropbox" folder, it seems known bug, that the application don't check only content, but also the pointed directory! This lead to problems when dropbox root is going to be directed to mountpoint directory. In such a case (because of wrong check - bug in fact) dropbox confuses…

@"Rich" wrote:Have you opened a ticket with Support? Hi @"Rich", I suppose this have to be the funny part... :grinning: Just example of such ticket can be seen here. In this context, what I can rely on?! It's the same - here (in the forum with 'a few Dropboxers') or through a ticket. Very often users meet the same problem…

Another good solution could be little modification in the daemon on next update (yes, in the daemon not the starter). Now when the checkbox 'Start Dropbox on system startup' is checked, created launcher is exact copy of main program menu launcher (in the command line - including '-i' option). This is meaningless because…

Like in many other cases, seems nobody can say anything (from Dropbox side)! I think, It's stupid decision to conclude that dropbox isn't installed if there is some problem running it (even erroneously detected problem). I mean the code near line 1440 in 'dropbox': if not start_dropbox(): if not should_install:…

No exactly fixed! Yes, There is no more "Note" for deprecated package, but from time to time message asking me to "download the proprietary daemon" still appear: Both the installer package and the application are up to date (2019.02.14 and v69.4.102 accordingly). This dummy message is generated from installer package and…