Duplicate Drop Box Folder in Public Folder

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rei_vilo Author

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Duplicate Drop Box Folder in Public Folder

Hi!

I'm using Lion 10.7.2. The Drop Box folder appears twice in my Public folder:

in English = Drop Box
and in French, default system language = Boîte de dépôt

If I delete one of the folders, it reappers later on.

Are you experiencing the same problem? Have you find any solution? Thank you!

iMac C2D 27, Mac OS X (10.7), Time Capsule

Posted on Oct 29, 2011 5:23 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Oct 29, 2011 6:17 AM in response to rei_vilo

Did you check with the people who make Drop Box?

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rei_vilo Author

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Oct 29, 2011 6:36 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

thank you but I don't have Dropbox installed. And Dropbox is different from Apple's Drop Box folder.

These [English] Drop Box / [French] Boîte de dépôt folders are created when I select [English] Apple > System Preferences > Share > Files Sharing / [French] Apple > Préférences Système > Partage > Partage de fichiers.

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Tom Gewecke

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Oct 29, 2011 9:39 AM in response to rei_vilo

Sorry for the confusion, I guess I have never seen Apple's Drop Box before.

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rei_vilo Author

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Nov 1, 2011 12:43 AM in response to rei_vilo

It appears that

the [English] Drop Box folder doesn't have a .Localise file
while the [French] Boîte de dépôt does have one.

How to proceed?

ask for hidden files to be shown—I use the superb Onyx utility
go to the Public folder
delete the [French] Boîte de dépôt folder
copy/paste the .Localise file into the [English] Drop Box
magics happen: Drop Box is now called Boîte de dépôt 🙂

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