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So I'm still a dropbox customer, but I haven't really used it in months. The problem is the "just one folder" thing is really limiting. I really really need the
by overgard 11y ago
So I'm still a dropbox customer, but I haven't really used it in months. The problem is the "just one folder" thing is really limiting. I really really need the ability to map it to different places on my hard drive. A lot of programs are finicky about folder layout, and dropbox does not work well with them.
I ended up just buying a VPS with git support and using that. It's obviously a very technical thing that most people won't do, but it's way more flexible.
I think the problem with dropbox is it's very easy to get started with them, but the advanced use cases are not only not considered, it's clear they just have no interest in those uses.
- nemothekid 11y agoI've never really found it all that limiting, and I'd argue I prefer it that way. The solution I've come up with is putting a symlink in the dropbox folder to the folder that needs to be synced. That way dropbox "sees" all your files, but your programs can just continue like normal. (I'm guessing you are on OSX/Linux).
- overgard 11y agoI'm a weirdo that still uses windows (on my mac, of all things), because its graphics drivers are better for graphics programming and visual studio is way nicer than xcode. I use OSX too, but I can't really depend on symlinks existing across my machines.
- sapek 11y agohttps://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx Or does Dropbox not support symlinks on Windows?
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- anotherevan 11y agoSpiderOak will let you handle assigning different folders.