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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…
Application Affected Dropbox for Windows Device Microsoft Surface Pro 0 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 232.4.5988 Question or Issue Dropbox updated to 232.4.5988 this Wednesday, as announced by the app with much fanfare. The new app uses the Windows sync icons,…
Application Affected (Dropbox Desktop for Windows) Device (ASUS core i9 13900K with 32GB RAM) Operating System/Browser (if using the web) (Windows 11 24H2 build 26100.6584) Dropbox App Version (if using the app) (Uninstalled and trying to install latest app) Question or Issue I had been getting an update to latest version…
It is impossible to prevent Dropbox from starting up uninvited. Preferences don't do what they should, editing registry , disabling in start-up...etc A very intrusive and annoying behaviour - if it is not fixed within a short period of time I will uninstall and stop using Dropbox. There are other solutions (Googledrive,…
What version of the desktop app is this in? When uising the file explorer on the right-click context menu, I select "make available offline" on a folder/directory. does that request change all the files and is change all the files and recurse in all the subfolders too?
In the following image you can see the dropbox system tray icon top right, with the error message below it. I am using the `i3wm` on Ubuntu with `i3status` to show the icons. To me this is a bug in the dropbox software failing to detect the presence of app indicator support correctlty, on argueabley the most common custom…
Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this. This is just a heads up that Fedora Linux was updated earlier this week to 42 and so the Dropbox Fedora repository is now producing error messages as it's still pointing to 41. The repository is at https://linux.dropbox.com/fedora.
Hello, What I'm looking for is a way for Dropbox sync to manage multiple drives in a single account. (i.e. with a portable SSD in addition to my laptop's internal SSD as well) In my use case, I want to maintain my local (internal) drive as the main Dropbox location that'll sync continually (essentially every day), but I'd…
Dropbox has just updated to v232.4.5988 and it is now indexing nearly 1.5TB of data!!!! What is going on?? I'm running Windows 11 Home v24H2 OS Build 26100.6584 It is constantly saying "Indexing 50,000+ files" HELP!!!
Hi and thank you for reading. On my iPhone home screen, there is a section called Viewed Links which has two line items. I would like to delete one of those line items so I never see it again. I don't care about the original. I can't swipe left and when I click, it opens. There doesn't seem to be a Delete option. If I have…
I've always had good luck using Apple's migration assistant. Whenever I get a new Mac, I always change the Home Folder name. I do this because the old Mac is often repurposed to another family member. So the old Mac is called “macmini2018” and the new Mac will be called “macmini2025”. The problem is, Dropbox (and iCloud)…
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