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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…
Uploading images or other files from Android phone to Dropbox via 'share to Dropbox Android app', the behavior used to be that the folder I navigated to and used for uploads would be persistent across sessions & days, unless I changed location on a subsequent upload. Now the upload target directory resets to the top level…
I installed (and uninstalled, reinstalled—multiple times) and it keeps asking me to do two things: Sign out of my own device, which is somehow listed multiple times (I have basic plan) When installed, it says it can't connect to dropbox, and the error leads me to security settings (which I've checked over and over) and…
Since August 31, 2026, when logging in after a fresh boot the Dropbox client asks me to connect my account before it can begin syncing. From what I can tell, the client starts normally, but about 20 seconds later it relaunches itself as /opt/dropbox/dropbox /corruptdball, recreates ~/.dropbox/instance_db/hostkeys,…
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…
Why is the iPhone app suddenly always opening in the Home tab, instead of in the Files-tab where I left off? This is so … annoying, if you try to 'improve' the apps behavior, at least make the new way of working a setting that can be switched off, instead of forcing behavior to everyone that some people like, but others…
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.
Hello Dropbox Support, I need help with sync status icons (badges) not appearing in Finder on my Mac. My files sync normally and the menu bar app reports everything as up to date, but no icons show on any files or folders in my Dropbox folder. Background: I accidentally updated to the File Provider version of the desktop…
I think there has been a software update. Now when I hibernate and restart I get the "Couldn't start Dropbox" message.
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…
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