Dropbox creates a folder in your directory called /Dropbox/ It will sync what is in that folder.
It doesn't matter what the folders are called. If you make changes outside that folder (in the /Documents/ directory for example), Dropbox will not sync it. Hope that helps? Regards, Nathalie - - - - - - - - Nathalie S. Collins Tel/text: 0417 389 962 Skype: mrscollins Find out more about Nathalie: Nat for hire: http://www.picoandwestwood.com Nat the researcher: http://www.theinfinitegame.org Nat the adjunct: http://www.ecu.edu.au/faculties/business-and-law/staff/profiles/adjuncts/mrs-nathalie-collins On 13/05/2013, at 7:00 PM, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > > A couple of months ago I installed Dropbox because iCloud does not look after > off site backup for my Word, Excel and PDF files. > > I understood that as I created or changed files in folders on my Mac they > would automatically synced to folders in Dropbox with the same name. So I > created folders in Dropbox using the same names as those I use on my Mac to > save files. > > I have just discovered that neither new files nor changed files have been > synced to Dropbox. > > Have I misunderstood how this works ? > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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