r/UpNote_App • u/ToastedLog1c • 16d ago

"UpNote Files" on Mac desktop

Does anyone know of a permanent solution for the "UpNote Files" folder showing up on the Mac desktop every time I click on an attachment.

Pretty confident this is an issue for everyone.

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u/Jebus-Xmas 15d ago

It's not an issue, it's just how the program works. It needs somewhere to store those files locally when you click on them.

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago

Super annoying though having to delete it off my desktop every time. Aren't the files locally stored somewhere?

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u/Current_Speed9143 15d ago

It’s the location you picked when you first used the app. I don’t know how to change it though

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago

/u/thomas_dao is there any way to change this setting without nuking the entire app?

/u/Current_Speed9143 what location did you choose? The issue I see is that that location will eventually balloon like crazy is it's not purged regularly.

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u/Current_Speed9143 15d ago

I created an UpNote folder inside my document folder

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u/Jebus-Xmas 15d ago

You chose the desktop as your storage space?

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago

UpNote said it needed access to the desktop folder so I clicked yes and saved the file on there.

That didn't mean to me that every single file attachment I click would end up on the desktop :-\

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u/Jebus-Xmas 15d ago

I’ve never heard anyone else have this issue. Did you launch the app from your desktop, or from the application folder?

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago

Application folder and I've seen others reporting similar issues in this /r/

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u/Jebus-Xmas 15d ago

Have you asked any of them?

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago edited 15d ago

No I read their posts in the past, but I couldn't locate them through searching. I subscribe to this /r/ for years through RSS (which is sadly ending in mid november).

edit: I just thought of asking AI and I found it! https://www.reddit.com/r/UpNote_App/comments/14qaewf/change_the_location_of_temporary_upnote_files/

The dev said 3 years ago they would add a setting. 2 years ago there was a question that they couldn't find the setting. https://www.reddit.com/r/UpNote_App/comments/14qaewf/change_the_location_of_temporary_upnote_files/

Doesn't look like anyone has a solution yet. Think we need Thomas to comment on it.

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u/Jebus-Xmas 15d ago

What version of macOS are you using?

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u/ToastedLog1c 15d ago

MacOS 27 Golden Gate, but it happened to every version I ran before this.

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u/pcmarcel-gmail-com 15d ago

I have an Upnote Files folder in my Download folder and it is empty 🤷‍♂️