Associating different profiles with different accounts

eefuller

I have had a personal paid account for several years, which I used partly for work purposes. Now I also have a work account with storage paid for by my workplace. I will eventually want to move the work-related items over to the work account (probably by exporting and importing them), but am trying to get it set up first.

I've read the advice about setting up multiple profiles for use with the desktop software, and I understand how to create a separate data directory. What's missing from all the instructions I've found is how to associate the new profile with the new account. Is it enough to name the new profile with the new account's login username? Since there's no logging into the desktop software, that be enough? I want to avoid having my personal account's data deleted when I begin to sync the work account.

adamsmith

You do login with the Desktop software when you want to sync, which is the only thing that uses an account -- so that's what you use to connect a profile with an account.

You do want to make sure the two profiles have different data folders -- that usually works out of the box but can require additional setup.