![]() ![]() ![]() Hide the symlink so you can forget you ever had to do this whole stupid thing:Ĭhflags -h hidden /Users/dansturm/DropboxĪnd now your scripts, automations, file paths, etc, will function just as they did before Dropbox decided to get cutesy with the name of the folder where you keep everything you’ve ever created on your Mac for the past 10+ years. Move the symlink into your Home directory, next to the ugly folder. Next rename the symlink on the Desktop to just “Dropbox”. This works great for syncing folders outside your Dropbox It is an obscure. On Dropbox servers, symlinks are completely replaced by the data they point to, so that you have the actual data in the cloud not just a pointer to it. Dropbox resolves symbolic links (symlinks, soft link) by default. Ln -s "/Users/dansturm/Dropbox (Personal)" /Users/dansturm/Desktop Handy: Symlinks to folders outside Dropbox. Make a symlink to “Dropbox (Personal)” and place it on the Desktop, thusly: Alas, this isn’t the sort of thing I need to do more than once every handful of years, and this knowledge will leave my brain the second I close that Terminal window. If I were smarter and better versed in the ways of the Terminal, I wouldn’t have to look this sort of stuff up when I needed to do it. But as fun as that sounds, I opted for the lazy route: creating a symlink called Dropbox that pointed to Dropbox (Personal) so all my stuff would just work again. Now, when I first linked my two Dropbox accounts, I could have gone through all my Keyboard Maestro macros and shell scripts and done some find & replace work to make everything work again. Once you install the Dropbox app, the computer belongs to them, you’re just allowed to use it. Spaces? Parentheses? It’s like they’re trying to break all my scripts and customizations.Īnd before you ask, no, you can’t just rename the folder back to Dropbox. Which…seems silly to me, but okay, I guess.Īside from being an unattractive folder name, Dropbox (Personal) is pretty terrible for automation and general usability. This trick can be used for all sorts of things, including syncing any folder with programs like Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive. When you do that, your folder previously-named Dropbox is renamed to Dropbox (Personal) and your business account is named Your Company Dropbox. I’m writing it so the next time I’m setting up a new Mac, I’ll know exactly where to find the solution to one of Dropbox’s most puzzling idiosyncrasies.ĭropbox users, like myself, who have both a personal Dropbox account and a business account, have the ability to link those two accounts and sync both folders to a single computer. I’ll be honest, this post is more for me than it is for you. ![]()
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