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René L.4
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1 year ago

Broken files after Dropbox Backup auto-upgrade that filled the hard drive.

Hi,   Yesterday, the Dropbox app on my Mac auto-updated and presented a dialog saying it needed to temporarily disable and then re-enable the Backup. I agreed, and it turned out that meant downlo...
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Megan
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1 year ago

Hey René L.4, would you mind also clarifying your OS on your Mac?

 

What about the files and syncing icons locally? 

 

For example your ~/Movies/2012/rintitintin.mov file. Did you have a moment to check if you can see any of the icons next to it? 

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René L.4
Explorer | Level 4
1 year ago

I'm on MacOS Sonoma 14.4 (the latest).

 

All the files and subfolders of Dropbox folder do have sync icons

 

But under Backup (Movies, Documents) do not 

 

 

 

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