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I can confirm that, as said by @"yifc" , completely removing the Dropbox folder from Spotlight's indexing (please note: NOT re-indexing it) solves the problem for me for good. It does not make sense, but it works: Spotlight can find files and folders in the Dropbox folder (I know, it does not make sense because that folder…
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It does help to rebuild the index, but only for the first few minutes; after a few minutes (maybe after the index has been completely rebuilt?) the problem shows up exactly the same, again. To summarize, this does not fix the issues. Please, keep in mind that this makes Spotlight with Dropbox completely unusable...
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When I search for files with Spotlight that are in my Dropbox folder, Spotlight correctly shows files that are in my Dropbox folders, but when I click on such files, nothing happens. Looking at the corresponding file in the Dropbox folder from Finder, I can see an icon from Dropbox: hovering over that icon, I see the…
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That's related to this: https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/macos-12-monterey-support Basically, you won't be able to open online-only files in third-party apps unless they’re specifically made available offline.
