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Saving files into the Dropbox folder on my Mac
when I try to save a document to my dropbox folder on my Mac, it only opens to "contents", which when I open that it is only dropbox technical files, not my files.
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Mac desktop app stuck in Indexing
Hi, I just got a new Macbook Pro and installed Dropbox on there. I selected a few (3) folders to sync initially. These were successfully downloaded (I had put them in Available Offline mode) and the files were there. While the files were syncing, the app was asking me to move the files due to the new File Provider API,…
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Syncing problem on Sonoma 14.1
Hi to everyone I have a MacBook Pro with M1 chip and Sonoma 14.1.installed. Since yesterday files are non syncing any more locally and the dropbox icon show the syncing process. Full disk access is granted under privacy and security. I tried to restart everything with no success. Any idea?
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How to uninstall dropbox on macos w/fileprovider?
The docs say to contact y'all, but I'm not willing to pay for support to just fully uninstall/reinstall. I need out of the beta, as it's regularly spiking to gigabytes (sometimes up to 17GB) of memory usage, when my dropbox doesn't even have a full gigabyte of data in it. I have no option to exit the beta by way of the…
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MacBook Pro isn't syncing new content.
Hi, I have used Dropbox for a long time to jump between my to computers. It has always syncing so I always got access in the finder on the both computers to the files. Suddenly today it don’t sync to my MacBook Pro and I need to go to the website to download my files. It standing syncing on the Dropbox taskbar all the time…
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Duplicating files locks the file name (Mac Desktop App)
Since updating to Ventura 13.4.1 whenever I duplicate a file, I'm unable to change the name of the file. I can open it and make edits, and I can edit the original file's name, but not the duplicate. When I duplicate to local files, the issue doesn't persist. When I duplicate to dropbox, it won't let me move the file to…
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dropdown menu when you right click - in mac not showing
I've tried relaunching the finder, and it works, only for one time, and everytime I have to copy dropbox link, I have to restart again the finder. Never before has this happen to me.
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How to migrate old folder location to the new one on Mac?
So I'm in the same position I know a few other people have been in, in that since upgrading my Mac, and the OS, dropbox needs to be in users/Library/Cloudstorage/Dropbox. So Dropbox has made that folder, populated it with 'online only' folders, leaving all my files where they were previously. I've just been online with…
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Contextual Menus Exists (Mac OS) - But half do not work
My contextual menus are there, but several options do not work - I've tried everything under the hood, but no success Share (not working) Send a Copy (working) Copy Dropbox Link (not working) Version History (not working) View on Dropbox.com (not working) Make online only (working)
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Dropbox on Mac mini (Sonoma 14.11) keeps synchronising without any effect
Since a few days, my Mac mini (M2 - Sonoma 14.11) keeps synchronising, but without any effect. I other words, nothing will be synchronised. I reinstall de dropbox app, but that was not the solution. Anyone?
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New Mac computer syncs to old folder.
Hello, How can I change which folder is used by Dropbox? I got a new MacBook and successfully integrated everything from the old one to the new one using Migration Assistant. Everything, that is, except apparently Dropbox. The folder "Dropbox" on the new Mac doesn't contain many of the files from the "Dropbox" folder on…
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Does Spotlight search now work on Mac OS?
A problem occurred last year I think due to Apple's new MacOS and Dropbox no longer was fully compatible. We were required to move the Dropbox folder to a new location and that was supposed to fix everything. I was able to continue using Dropbox as normal other than the fact that I couldn't search and select files via…
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MacBook Air won't sync
Recently, my MacBook Air stopped syncing. The dropdown from the menu bar says Syncing... but: 1) it doesn't show the number of files it's syncing, as it usually does, and 2) it's NOT syncing (i.e., there's no activity, no matter how long I wait). My computer is a MacBook Air M2, running Sonoma 14.1.1. I tried…
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continue to backup external drives with a new macbook
Hello, I have just changed my computer. I want to continue backing up my external drives, but dropbox offers me to backup my drives again, it doesn't take existing backups into account. I don't see options to continue with the current backups and it makes duplicates. Thank you for your answers
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Upload extremely slow
Since I've installed Sonoma 14.0 on my MacBook Dropbox takes ages to uplaod 145mb. Waiting for days to get my map sync and still not working. I've removed the map, put it again on Dropbox. I just takes hours for one file of 15mb to upload. I did not convert Dropbox to use the new mapping system, Im affraid my uploads will…
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File Provider sync done - deleting the previous DB folder
I am running macOS Sonoma 14.0 and Dropbox Professional. I moved back to Dropbox a few days ago after several months of testing the waters with iCloud. (That won't happen again -- I'm glad to be back!). When I re-installed Dropbox, it allowed me to specify where to place my Dropbox folder, so it went into…
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Files Not Downloading With Double Click
Hi there. I am looking at a dropbox guide. It says 'To access a file that is stored with Smart Sync, team members can just double-click it and Dropbox quickly downloads and opens it on their computer. ' However, from the dropbox finder window, I need to right click on change smart sync from online only to local to open a…
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I cannot get my Dropbox to download all my files to my Mac. I tried all I could
I cannot get all my Dropbox files to be downloaded. The selected folders and files show up after updating the preference. But the files have zero bytes. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
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How can I sync a specific folder to my Dropbox account?
I don't know if I'm missing something in plain sight, but what I want to do is select a folder on my Mac to sync onto Dropbox. What I don't want, is to selective sync that folder and then not see the other items that were in my Dropbox folder previously. I found on the web how to go that route which isn't really what I'm…
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Is there anyway to hide online-only files in Mac finder?
Hi there. I only have a few select files and folders I use offline, active projects and whatnot. Is it possible to completely hide the online-only files that are still visible in my MacOS finder? I know they're not taking up space, but it's a bit of a mess to navigate, and by "a bit" i mean "very". There's really no need…
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Cannot access my desktop
Hi! I have a mac. One day I came on and all my desktop icons disapeered. Once I went to finder>desktop it said that I no longer had permission to access this. After lengthly conversations with Apple- they said that this was due to a third party cloud service such as google drive or dropbox. Upon some investigation I saw…
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Be able to see sizes For Online Only files on MacOS.
On the new operating systems for MAC, you cant see file sizes on files or folders that are set to online only. In past MAC operating systems, this function was so helpful to see the file sizes. Now once you download files from desktop app and re-save them as online only, file size says zero. This completely makes the…
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Can't get webform to Support to submit + no Dropbox files will open
Hello - I don't know which topic this should come under so I'm asking here. I cannot get the webform to submit to Support on either of my browsers. I want to ask about files not opening on a new MacBook Pro in any dropbox location. thanks in advance Alexa
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Dropbox sharing not visible on Finder nor the green synced icons on Sonoma for Mac
Help please! I can not for the life of me get the sync icons back, nor the right-click Dropbox options that I used to have last week. I have deleted, re-installed, reset and tried numerous other things. Can I send a log? How do I even do this? Thanks in advance!
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Getting rid of "Turn on Accessibility" box from Dropbox
Hi – does anyone know how I can get rid of a Dropbox box that has appeared on my Mac screen and has no red Off button for closing the box? It is a Turn On Accessibility box with a big exclamation mark in a yellow triangle. The options are Learn More, or Not Now, or Turn on Accessibility The Not Now button does not work.…
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Couldn't upload. Give Dropbox permission to access this file
Hello- I'm running MacOS 13.0.1 and recently, I have had no luck removing the single badge notification. I have tried everything, reinstalled dropbox several times and now i've removed everything (including hidden files) from the folder I'm syncing and am still receiving the following message regarding a mysterious…
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Dropbox Hijacks Camera Mac/OS
Hi. I have a Sony Alpha connected to my Mac using the Imaging Edge Webcam software. It's important for Zoom video to work for me. However, if I have dropbox running I get the error message "Failed to connect to the camera due to conflict with the function of another applications that are running, or the camera's "PC…
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Having to first open cloud stored files in finder before attaching or using them.
Hi All, My small company uses Dropbox Business on Macs. In recent times attaching cloud saved files or importing them into software like adobe has become a two-step process. If they have a grey cloud icon we first need to open them in finder so that the icon turns green and only then can we attach them to emails or open in…
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Multiple issues controlling sync on Mac OS using File Provider
Hello, I'm currently having multiple issues controlling file sync since switching to the File Provider system on Mac. I'm running Dropbox 186.4.6207 on Mac OS Ventura 13.6. * I don't get the option to not sync certain folders. It used to be that I could right click a folder or file and there would be an option to prevent…