Re:Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your o...
by ValentineC on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @01:46PM
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> A recent (last year?) Windows update moved a lot of people's Documents folder into OneDrive, without asking.
Something similar happened to my Dropbox on Mac: the change to the macOS File Provider API meant that a lot of my locally synced files became cloud-sync only. Not cool when I was expecting limited internet access.
I still have no idea how to redownload and keep everything local while synced with cloud.
Something similar happened to my Dropbox on Mac: the change to the macOS File Provider API meant that a lot of my locally synced files became cloud-sync only. Not cool when I was expecting limited internet access.
I still have no idea how to redownload and keep everything local while synced with cloud.