Could I just delete the account?Ĭan I just remove it from the sidebar and will that stop it from copying stuff or will it delete all my files? (again my bad)ĭropbox in Finder has all my 'Desktop' folder files and 'Documents' folder files and 'Downloads' - see image attached.ĭropbox via web has limited files - see image attached - and doesn't appear to be syncing or backing up at all any more. I've tried and lost some files because of this. I don't know how to remove My Mac from dropbox on my computer without deleting my files? A simple plain explanation would be helpful on how to remove 'My Mac' from dropbox without messing up all my files. I don't want dropbox to sync or backup or do whatever it's doing. The BIG problem is dropbox seems to have copied My Mac drive - see image attached. I also run VMware and it seems that the file path now includes dropbox?!? Leaving that aside as the problems it's caused with my VM means I will need to reinstall. Somehow a few weeks ago I must have responded to a Dropbox request for syncing and it's causing havoc.

I've had dropbox for quite a few years, just using it to share a few files with friends (but not syncing). This is long and I'm confused how it all works.

Backup my mac to dropbox