I would like to have the Downloads folder of my Mac shared between two Macs using Dropbox. The idea is to have the same archives in both Download folders.
How can I accomplish this?
MacOS – Use the Downloads folder as shared folder between two Macs with Dropbox
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The concept behind having a drop box is write Only for others and read only for the owner of the Dropbox (the user in this case). So If you are looking to have a shared folder then try creating a new folder in your user's public folder or on your Macintosh HD and share it. Let us know if you find problems with this approach.
My understanding of the question is you are looking for a common folder between your MBP and iMac and not about applying proper share permissions on the DropBox folder.
Open preferences and check the box marked "Load preferences from a customer folder or URL""
You can browse to your Dropbox folder and the click "Save Settings to Folder"
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I would probably be simpler in the long run - if a little tedious depending on how many apps might use that Downloads folder - to set your Dropbox folder to be your download destination, rather than trying to persuade Dropbox to use another folder.
For Safari, set it in Prefs > General. Click download location, select other & navigate to your Dropbox folder.
You would have to do the same for any other apps that would use your standard downloads folder - but I'm certain it would be easier than trying to persuade Dropbox to use your original Downloads folder as its shared location.
I'm sure the alternative would be to make a symlink from Dropbox to Downloads, but I'm just not convinced it would be simpler to maintain.