How to Change Box Sync Default Location on Mac

how-to-change-box-sync-location.md

Overview

After several attempts using the official Box Sync guide for changing the install location folder name (I needed my folder to be called just Box not Box Sync), I gave up on it and turned to Reddit.

It turns out that the solution is ridiculously simple. It's a single command. I fgot it from this Reddit post. By combining the command from the Reddit post with the official guide, we can get Box Sync to point wherever we want, but without needing to set up anything fancy like sym links (as instructed in the Reddit post).

Here's what to do:

1. Uninstall Box Sync
2. Follow the official article's steps found here, but do not re-install Box Sync yet
3. Open up terminal and type: cd ~
4. Then enter: rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/Box This removes all saved preferences for Box Sync for your user
5. Re-install Box Sync
6. Done!

Hope this helps!