Many people have asked if there was a way to have both their private Dropbox account and their company Dropbox account co-existing under the same Mac OS X login.
I have put together the steps involved along with an automator process which you can download below.
Multiple Dropbox accounts on Mac and Windows 101 sepdek May 16, 2018 The official Dropbox client application, at least to date, supports one and only one user account per personal computer user. Multiple simultaneous different dropbox accounts is a feature very well requested that must come along eventually. So second option is waiting. – cregox Mar 13 '11 at 4:46 1. Dropbox Encore enables a second instance of Dropbox to run in a single Mac OS X user account. Each instance of Dropbox must have (1) a unique Dropbox account and (2) a separate local Dropbox folder. Dropbox does not officially support two accounts on a single Mac account. There are 7-8 different user of my Dropbox account. We are using the single account in all PC's. I want: - Certain users not to view few files. Certain Users should not be able to edit few files. Only few Users should be able to delete a file or can we check which user or PC deleted a specific file. If you are a Dropbox for Business user, then you can have two Dropbox accounts on the same computer or device. It allows you to have a personal and work Dropbox on your computer, devices and the web. Dropbox support is available on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.
Before we start consider the following:
- Each dropbox account will have its own running process
- Each dropbox account should have its own unique account login
- Each dropbox process should have its own dedicated “Dropbox” folder
In my example, I will be showing how this works using a Mac OS X machine. I have 2 separate dropbox accounts and have created two separate Dropbox folders. The first account will keep the default /Users/macosuser/Dropbox folder. The second account will use /Users/macosuser/emailaddress as its Dropbox folder. Under this folder, Dropbox will automatically create a folder called Dropbox.
Start a Terminal session allowing a command line to be typed in.
The first thing we need to do is to change the location of the HOME environment variable. This is pointing by default to /Users/macosuser where macosuser is your username on the Mac. If we change that to /Users/macosuser/account for example:
If this is the first time you are running this you will be prompted to either configure a new account or an existing account for Dropbox.After each reboot of the machine you will need to manually restart the Dropbox as explained above. However, once the account is configured you will no longer be prompted for each restart.
Automated Service
Two Dropbox Accounts On Macbook
We have also developed a Finder service which allows you to select a folder in Finder and enable the Dropbox Setup which automates the steps above.
How To Have 2 Dropbox Accounts On Mac
If you wish to get a copy of this service please fill in your email address and we will email you a link to the downloadable file. These emails are not passed on to 3rd parties and are used to notify you of changes to “Dropbox Setup” or any new products that we release.