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BTyson
BTyson
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October 27, 2022
Question

Dropbox NEW FOLDER LOCATION in Mac Ventura -- Bridge cannot see files

  • October 27, 2022
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Mac OS Ventura, Bridge 2023. Dropbox has force-moved its on-the-Mac folder to 'Locations' in the Finder sidebar. Bridge browser CANNOT see this location, so no files in the Dropbox folder are accessible via Bridge.

 

This is really broken. Anybody else see this and/or have a solution?

 

Ready to dump Dropbox for good.

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SausalitoDog
SausalitoDog
Inspiring
January 11, 2024

Don't put all the blame on dropbox. Apple and Adobe are at least as much to blame. Apple forced this new change of location and Adobe has not adapted to that. As far as I know, no other app has this problem...not MS office and I don't thing Capture app.

I've been thrilled with Dropbox except for this issue and I don't see any alterative to move to except iCloud and that is just plain too slow for the amount of photos i have on Dropbox. I'm more inclined to take a look at some of the new photo editing apps till this blows over or not.

 

cheers,

 

tom

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    Robert3200630482kw
    New Participant
    August 31, 2023

    Trimmertop's comment is correct. First I had to enable "Show Library" in Finder (Cmd+Shift+H to open home window, then Cmd+J for view options, and check "Show Library.") Then I could navigate to User/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox.

    I also followed gary_sc's advice to add the Dropbox folder to my favorites, since that path is annoying. Up and running again!

    Trimmertop
    Trimmertop
    Inspiring
    April 19, 2023

    In the dropdown menu for Folders near the foot of the list opn 'CloudStorage' - Dropbox is in there

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    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    October 28, 2022

    Adobe does not support third-party cloud services, period. They may work until they don't.

    gary_sc
    Community Expert
    gary_scCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 28, 2022

    Hi Lumi, 

     

    Up to a point. If the folder is on the computer, it can work with images in that folder. Where things can and do get glitchy is if you are working with other people and sharing files back and forth between others and using DB as a pseudo server, then the chaos will reign with Bridge. But, if you are the sole user of the content of a folder, it has worked OK for me, with no noticeable issues or problems. 

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    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    October 28, 2022

    "Support" is one of those funny computer industry terms, it can mean three things.

     

    1. Doesn't work at all and can't be made to work

    2. Will work, maybe, but untested, no help available, and bugs won't get fixed. Might require hackery. Use at your own risk.

    3. Officially considered tested and working, bugs will be noted and (theoretically) fixed, and technical help is available.

     

    Cloud services are in category 2. They do work, sort of, sometimes, but when they break, you don't get help or bugfixes. I think Adobe should get onboard with the big services (DropBox, Box.net, iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, Sharepoint at least) but their business model seems to be going their own way.

    gary_sc
    Community Expert
    gary_scCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 27, 2022

    Hi @BTyson Interesting issue. The good news is that it is possible, I just did it. Below is how to do that. 

     

     

    The issue is the DropBox recently changed the location of where the DB folder is located: from the user folder to a new 

     

    The first thing to do is to reveal and open your DB folder on your computer screen.

    Now, take any file, image, whatever, and drag that onto your copy of Bridge on your Dock. That will open the contents of DB in Bridge. You will likely get a message asking if it's OK that Bridge has access to DropBox say yes and also say yes to any other such messages: it's now in CloudStorage, inside your username folder.

     

    The screenshot below is from the Path bar. If you do not see this in your copy of Bridge, go to Window, then look toward almost the bottom and you'll see Path. Make sure it is checked.

     

    Now, in the Pathbar, click on the item CloudStorage. This will reveal "Dropbox" in the Content Panel. 

     

    Lastly, drag the DropBox folder from Content Panel to the Favorites Panel underneath your last item.

     

    That should do it. Let me know if this works

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    schmidtlap
    New Participant
    January 23, 2023

    I can get to the favorites panel, but would like it in the folders panel. In the favorites panel it is reall hard to work with. 

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    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    January 23, 2023

    Cloud services are unsupported and Adobe has made zero effort to get them to work. You may not be able to get this to show up in Folders and it may not work correctly even if you do. See my comments below from October.

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