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Here are some of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that isn't covered by the FAQ's please create a new topic here. I see a "Couldn't start Dropbox" error on my Mac Seeing the "Couldn't start Dropbox" error on your Mac? Quick Resolution Confirm the Dropbox system extension & Keychain access are…
I know this right-click menu has been an issue recently, but my thing seems a little different. First: I am running Windows 11 pro with Dropbox 269.4.4231 My issue issue is that the right click menu keeps disappearing. I saw on a previous thread a direction to install the latest stable version of dropbox, which I did, and…
Hi everyone, I’m trying to set up Dropbox on File Provider with the Dropbox folder on an external drive, but setup always fails with Errno 513 (NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=513, “The file couldn’t be saved because you don’t have permission”). Choosing the default location on the internal drive works fine. Setup Mac mini, macOS…
Jag har försökt åtskilliga ggr. att uppdatera Dropbox för att kunna använda den, men inte lyckas. Den vill bara att jag skall uppdatera en gång till.
Is Drop box only for folders and files or can it also back up my desktop computer programs and applications?
Hi, I'm on Windows with a Dropbox Basic account. Periodically, a task named "Dropbox Updater" keeps running and never seems to finish or stop. Related background: "Early releases" is OFF in my account settings on dropbox.com, but the desktop app keeps updating to beta (.3.) builds. Timeline: The app was on v277.3.4925…
Here's the situation. I lost my C drive unexpectedly. The good news is that I ran almost nothing off of that drive. All my Dropbox user files are located on a drive called D, which is intact. I THINK the Dropbox app was located on C or another drive, but I don't know. (The cache file is on D with the rest of my Dropbox…
If I pause for a certain time, it does not resume after this time. See screenshot - paused until 10:15 but it is already 10:18 (and leaving it much longer doesn't make it start) This used to work, and there was a previous report from 2025 ("Pause Sync" does not automatically restart on my Windows device. - Dropbox…
Starting from a fresh install of Dropbox (after a fresh install of macOS Sequoia), I'm experiencing a major Dropbox problem: Initially all my Dropbox files are absent So initially Spotlight thinks there are no files, so the entire Dropbox file structure is invisible This means I can't search for a file I have in mind …but…
I'm running Dropbox (paid personal account) on Windows 10 (version 10.0.19045.7291) and the right-click context menu has completely disappeared from Windows Explorer. The sync overlay icons (green checkmarks etc.) are still showing correctly, but no Dropbox options appear when right-clicking files or folders. Here's…
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