Dropbox folder bounces in the dock on mac

Question

Dear Friends, I hope someone can help me.

I am using mac. Since the last update (when Dropbox folder was moved to a new location) I observe the following behavior. When I edit files with TexShop,  Dropbox folder in the dock starts bouncing, similarly to what happens with dowloads folder. I presume that  some aux files during the compilation of

I am using a Mac. Since the last update (when the Dropbox folder was moved to a new location), I have observed the following behavior. When I edit files with TexShop, the Dropbox folder in the dock starts bouncing, similarly to what happens with the downloads folder. I presume that some auxiliary files during the compilation of LaTeX get purged, so Dropbox (or Mac) is trying to bring my attention to that. Disabling folder animation as well as turning off bouncing of all folders from the Terminal with:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-bouncing -bool TRUE

did not help.

Is there a way to stop the bouncing? Thanks a lot.

jeff3f · Answer

I just saw this for the first time on a new update to macOS Sonoma, and it was so horribly distracting that I just removed Dropbox from the Dock and now I don't have to look at it again. Not optimal but the bouncing icon was beginning to drive me insane after less than five minutes. I'm not sure this is controllable by the DropBox devs, but you might pass it back to the macOS folks. Thanks

jayare · Answer

I don't know, probably. I just took the folder out of the dock so it doesn't bother me anymore.

Walter · Answer

Hey @SashaM & @jayare - sorry for the late response; are you still  having issues with this?

If so, please let me know here and I'll reach out via email to investigate further.