Mac OS X Tipps and Tricks #1: Using multiple Dropboxes

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Mac OS X - From A Developers View

####1: Using multiple Dropboxes tested on Mac OS X 10.9.4 Mavericks

Setup A Second Dropbox

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?