---
id: cloud-accounts.why-did-my-cloud-folder-move-after-an-update
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/why-did-my-cloud-folder-move-after-an-update
category: "Cloud accounts"
subcategory: "Cloud apps on your Mac"
question: "Why did my Dropbox or OneDrive folder move after the app updated?"
alt_questions:
  - "Dropbox folder moved to Library CloudStorage"
  - "OneDrive folder location changed after update Mac"
  - "my Google Drive folder is in a different place now"
  - "cloud folder moved out of my home folder"
  - "Did updating Dropbox lose my files?"
short_answer: "The provider moved to Apple's system for cloud apps, which keeps the folder in a CloudStorage folder in your user Library. Nothing was lost, and Storage Studio finds the new location by itself."
tags: ["dropbox", "onedrive", "updates", "finder"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/where-do-cloud-apps-keep-files-on-a-mac"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Why did my Dropbox or OneDrive folder move after the app updated?

Because the provider switched to Apple's built-in system for cloud apps, which places the synced folder in a CloudStorage folder inside your user Library and lists it in Finder's sidebar under Locations. Your files weren't lost — they're in the new place and still in your cloud account.

If you kept shortcuts or apps pointed at the old folder, point them at the new one; Finder's sidebar entry is the quickest way to find it.

Storage Studio picks up the new location by itself the next time you open a window or menu that lists cloud folders, so there's nothing to change in the app. If a transfer or rule used the old folder as its source or destination, edit it to use the new one. See [where cloud apps keep files](https://storagestudio.us/faq/cloud-accounts/where-do-cloud-apps-keep-files-on-a-mac).