![]() UPDATED on : One of the commenters, Bob, pointed out in the comments below that you don’t need to worry about changing file permissions on any of the files in your Dropbox folder on the external drive either.I haven’t confirmed this, but I believe it uses LAN sync.With your external drive mounted, you can now see all of your Dropbox.The storage on your internal drive is unchanged. You still have Dropbox in your home folder, and you still have Selective Sync.On a mac you can “switch users” so that this account on your MacBook stays logged in and keeps syncing your Dropbox. Setup Dropbox, signing into Dropbox with your account, but change the Dropbox root location to your external hard drive.(you could even give it a username of “Dropbox”. Create a new user account on your MacBook or laptop.The only solution that actually does work: Some third-party tool that assures you it will be around forever.I’m not going to bother providing links to examples. ![]() ![]() The solutions that DON’T work, or that I don’t want to use:
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