![]() ![]() If I right-click on any of those folders, there is an option "Make online only" which implies that they're available offline. In other words, I have to look at the other laptop's backups to see the Documents and Desktop folders.įinally, what I really don't understand is why, on laptop 2, if I click on the Documents icon in the Finder Sidebar, all the folders within Documents have the green circle with white checkmark (which means "Available offline") icon next to each folder (which is what I want) and yet those same folders on laptop 1 don't have those checkmarks. And on laptop 2, I have to click on the Dropbox icon in the Finder and click on "Mac" to see my Documents folder on laptop 1. "project_docs") on, set the Sync preferences on each laptop so that that project_docs folder will be seen on the local laptop, and then move project documents into that folder from your local Documents folder to make them available on your other laptop?Īs it stands, the only way I can see my Documents folder on laptop 2 from laptop 1 is to click on the Dropbox icon in the Finder Sidebar on laptop 1 and then click on "Mac (2)". Do I have to literally move the Documents and Desktop folders from my local home directory to the Dropbox folder inside my home directory (/Users/me/Dropbox) to cause this to occur? Or is that not how Dropbox is supposed to work? Are you only supposed to create isolated folders (e.g. What I don't understand is why, if Dropbox is supposed to be keeping the Documents and Desktop folders in sync between the two computers, there aren't Documents and Desktop folders up on ? If I create a test file "testdropbox.txt" in the Documents folder on laptop 1, it doesn't automatically appear in the Documents folder on laptop 2. Backups seem to be working because when I go to, I see a "Mac" folder for my first laptop and a "Mac (2)" folder for my second laptop and when I go into these folders, it says "Dropbox Backup" at the top. I also said I didn't want my files to only be stored in the cloud (I want local copies). ![]() When I first installed Dropbox on each laptop, I could be mistaken but I *thought* it asked me if I wanted to sync my Documents and Desktop folders to Dropbox and I said "yes". I have a Dropbox "Plus" account for individuals. I have two Mac laptops and all I want to do is 1) Keep local copies of all the files and folders in my Documents and Desktop folders so I can access them offline 2) keep those two folders, Documents and Desktop, in sync between the laptops and 3) make sure everything in those two folders is backed up so that I can go back to an earlier version if I need to. I've read all of Dropbox's documentation about keeping computers in sync but I still don't think I'm understanding how it works. ![]()
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