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.