How to use multiple Dropbox accounts on macOS Sequoia?

Blaskowitz wrote:

So, I’ve got three Dropbox accounts—just how it is, no way to cut it down to two—and I need to use all of them on my Mac. Since the official app only lets you sign into one personal account at a time, I’m looking for a way to manage all three without constantly logging in and out.

I know about creating separate Mac user profiles, but that’s not really practical. As well as having one of your accounts as a Dropbox Business one, so you can have two Dropbox accounts on the same computer, without having to log out and back in. Doesn't work for me either.

Hopefully someone has experienced something like this and will suggest a solution. Thanks.

For your third party app the suggestion— Contact Dropbox support

Since Dropbox only allows one personal account in the app, there aren’t many official ways around it, but there are a few workarounds depending on how you want to manage them.

One option is running multiple instances of the Dropbox app using separate macOS user accounts. I know you said it’s not practical, but if you haven’t tried this yet: create new user profiles in System Settings > Users & Groups, log into a different Dropbox account on each one, and then use Fast User Switching to jump between them. It’s clunky, but it works.

Another option, which is what I ended up doing, is manually syncing extra accounts. You can log into Dropbox in a browser, download files as needed, or - if you want automatic syncing - use selective sync on your main account for the most important files and handle the other two manually. Not ideal, but avoids constant login/logout headaches.

If you just need access to all your Dropbox files without full syncing, you can mount the other accounts as network drives instead of downloading everything. This way, they show up like regular folders, and you can pull files in when you need them.

It’s ridiculous that Dropbox still doesn’t offer proper multi-account support, but until then, these are the best options I know about. 

By the way, have you asked the same question on the Dropbox forum? You might be more likely to find a solution there.

That's a challenge—it often feels like trying to navigate a system that wasn’t really designed for it. I’ve wrestled with this setup more times than I’d like to admit, and while there’s no magic button to fix it, there are certain ways of dealing with this mess. I use Commander One as my file manager, and it happens to support multiple cloud accounts (Dropbox is on the list of supported services), which helps, but obviously, that’s not the only way to go.

If you just need access to all accounts without constantly logging in and out, something like Mountain Duck lets you mount Dropbox as a drive, so you can work with files without syncing everything locally. CloudMounter does the same thing—both are solid if you’re running out of space or just don’t want Dropbox running three instances at once.

Also, random tip, if Dropbox is acting weird—like files not showing up or syncing super slowly—it’s worth checking if macOS is throttling background processes. Sometimes, App Nap kicks in and messes with cloud apps. You can disable it by right-clicking the Dropbox app in Finder > Get Info and ticking “Prevent App Nap”. Another thing that helps is toggling Optimize Mac Storage off in iCloud settings—Dropbox can get funky if macOS decides to offload files randomly.