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Here are some of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that isn't covered by the FAQ's please create a new topic here. “Couldn’t start Dropbox” error on Mac Dropbox fails to launch after macOS updates (e.g., 15.5). Quick Guide * Ensure system extension (and Keychain access) is enabled. * Reinstall…
After a Windows update yesterday the Dropbox icon on the left sidebar in File Explorer has lost its drop-down menu and is no longer navigable. Clicking on it does nothing, either. It's now much more difficult to access my Dropbox files, I have to go to my User folder, from there to my Dropbox folder and so on. This…
I tried migrating to the cloudstorage mac folder years ago and it was very problematic, so I ended up just putting my dropbox backup folder into my mac Home folder and continuing to do it the old way (it appeared to sync fine while there). Something happened recently where it seems my mac suddenly lost tons of gigs of…
I want to relocate the Dropbox folder from the C: drive to secondary storage. This is on Windows where I have my computers setup such that there are none of my personal files stored on the C: drive. When I perform the Relocate function provided by Dropbox it appears to function properly, In that, it warns that it is going…
on Windows 11 25h2 from time to time i'm getting these errors when starting Dropbox via a delayed launcher console script, and the only solution so far is to just wipe manually the bin folder and reinstall Dropbox (without uninstalling). Dropbox is installed in user scope, not machine scope and I think this happens…
My DropBox folder has been on an external drive (old HP laptop didn't have room on C:\). I now have a new laptop and want to use that external drive since I have about 3tb of files on it. How do I set up my new laptop to see that drive as E:\Dropbox, and have the desktop app use E: as the default Dropbox location?
I'm using Dropbox on a MBP (26.2) and have started having hard drive space issues. In trying to troubleshoot I come across the CloudStorage folder in the Library folder which appears to be occupying almost the same amount of space as my Dropbox folder which is currently in my User Folder. How does the CloudStorage folder…
Dropbox is stuck syncing 42K files and some files have disappeared from my local desktop folders. All my files are on the Dropbox site and I can access my files through other devices (laptop and iPad). I have tried fixing links and permissions, signing out and in, restarting my computer, and more. Nothing is working. I am…
Hi! I have a Dropbox folder a location of my choice on my M1 Mac Studio. I keep a lot of my files available offline using selective sync (I need direct local access to large files and simply cannot have them online only). I've noticed that I sometimes run out of disk space and now found out that this is due to Dropbox…
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