I seriously wish Dropbox would just let us sign into more than one regular account from the desktop app—like, what year is it? Anyway, here’s the real deal if you’re trying to juggle a couple of Dropbox accounts on the same computer. Spoiler: They make it easy only if one of your accounts is a Business account (the good ol’ money wall).
How I Got Two Dropbox Accounts Working (Sorta)
You can only hook up two accounts in the official app when one is Business and the other is Personal. Here’s how I navigated that absurdity:
- Hit the Dropbox icon lurking in your taskbar (on Windows) or roosting in your menu bar (on Mac).
- Smash your avatar—the little profile photo or just your initials—in the top-right.
- Dive into “Preferences.”
- Find the “Account” tab, click it.
- Look for that magic button: “Add personal account” (or “Add Business account” if you’re on your personal already).
- Just follow the prompts and punch in your creds.
I wish I was lying about the restrictions. If you have two basic or two plus accounts? Dropbox will make you jump through flaming hoops (switching back and forth, logging in and out—it’s 2006 again, apparently).
Gotten Around It Using a Third Party
You know what’s less painful? Installing CloudMounter. Pretty slick—lets you mount as many cloud accounts as you want, and the cloud drives look like any other drive on your computer. Here’s the “hack”:
- Download CloudMounter.
- Fire it up; pick Dropbox from the services menu.
- Log in with your first Dropbox account and “Mount” it, like plugging in a thumb drive.
- Rinse and repeat for the second Dropbox account.
Boom! Now you’ve got both Dropbox accounts chilling in your File Explorer or Finder window, and you can drag, drop, and mess around with files like they were on your C: drive.
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Final Thoughts in Meme Format
Ten years into the cloud era and this is still a workaround? Come on, Dropbox. For now, we band-aid and move on. If anyone finds a magic all-accounts-at-once hack, let me know before my hairline recedes any further.