I replaced my Monterey Macbook with a new Ventura one and migrated from Time Machine in the startup new Mac setup process.
Dropbox App gives an Error "Couldn't Start Dropbox"
I followed the "Advanced Reinstall" from this forum and go the same failure.
The generated error file is as follows:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 182.3.6348
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 64
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 7ec6913f-e643-5b57-ae12-1bdcd9c158d3
pid: 2979
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='markferguson', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='MARK FERGUSON', pw_dir='/Users/markferguson', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='markferguson', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='MARK FERGUSON', pw_dir='/Users/markferguson', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 501
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'markferguson'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'markferguson'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/markferguson'
appdata: '/Users/markferguson/.dropbox/instance2'
real_path='/Users/markferguson/.dropbox/instance2'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
dropbox_path: None
not found
parent not found
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
tempdir: '/var/folders/_d/9pm8qp_d1y17m44fhy_lqy7w0000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/_d/9pm8qp_d1y17m44fhy_lqy7w0000gn/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 5320, in _setup_root_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/helpers.py", line 167, in create_root_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 858, in result
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.py", line 123, in set_result_or_convert_exception
dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno 516] Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=516 "The file couldn’t be saved because a file with the same name already exists."
