Dropbox corrupts macOS framework bundles

Question

I couldn't find any other way to post a question or issue rather than use "Ideas", sorry.

Is it a know issue that Dropbox corrupts macOS .frameworks bundles, and thus Xcode projects cannot be kept on Drobox?

I'm sure it's a niche issue, so those who know know and will reply.

Thanks,

Leo

Neal · Answer

Hi @zevrix,

I'm working with some of our engineers to look into this for you and they wanted to ask you if the contents were messed up just by adding it to Dropbox or did you try to access it on another computer with that Dropbox folder and that's when it was corrupted?

zevrix · Answer

P.S, Ok I went to the preferences and learned that yes I'm using Dropbox on File Provider.

zevrix · Answer

Hi Hannah,

Thank you for your reply.

I'm not sure if the behavior I'm seeing is exactly the one described in your link. But the result is the same: .framework is not preserved in its original state and cannot be used after being copied to Dropbox.

Also, I have no idea what "File Provider version of the Dropbox app" is and how to check if that's what I'm using.

I'm running the latest macOS Tahoe on two Macs.

As a test, I also have just tested the same operations with Google Drive: copied my Xcode project to Google Drive and opened it on another Mac. I could compile it right away with no issues.

Thanks,

Leo