####1: Using multiple Dropboxes tested on Mac OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks
After installing the regular Dropbox App,
launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
running a bash
-Shell and
paste the following command:
HOME=$HOME/.dropbox-old /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox &
Create an App Bundle using the following command:
mkdir -p /Applications/DropboxPrivate.app/Contents/MacOS/
Write this in an text editor and save it as Info.plist
in /Applications/DropboxPrivate.app/Contents/
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>DropboxPrivate</string>
<key>LSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>
</dict>
</plist>
In another text editor, insert this and save as DropboxPrivate
in /Applications/DropboxPrivate.app/Contents/MacOS/
:
#!/bin/bash
HOME=/Users/$USER/.dropbox-old /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox
Make your script executable, by typing the following command:
chmod 755 /Applications/DropboxPrivate.app/Contents/MacOS/DropboxPrivate
Now, you can add it to your login items in the System Preferences->Accounts.
AFAIU, it'll stop working after the latest update with moving DB folder to ~/Library and removing the ability to change DB folder location. Has anybody tried it yet?