Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨‍💻? Find out how to check here.

Forum Discussion

ptetta's avatar
ptetta
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
Solved

Dropbox not searchable in MacOS Ventura 13.1

Since the recent Dropbox update, I can no longer search for files in Dropbox on my Mac.  I have been using Dropbox for over 10 years and have never had this problem before.  It's making life extremel...
desktop
File access
View
  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    4 years ago

    Hey vmkirin and bri_guy, I actually moved our thread to this one, since it's about the same issue.

     

    You might want to take a look at the solution on this thread, to see if that works for you as well.

Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
3 years ago

Hi ptetta, we appreciate your sharing of a solution that worked for you. 

 

To everyone else in this thread, could you try these steps and let us know if the issue persists afterwards?

Mona_Protea's avatar
Mona_Protea
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hi,

I have tried the suggested solution and it seems to work. 

First I tried to add then remove Dropbox from the Spotlight list, but that didn't work.

Then I added and removed HD and now it seems to work.

Thanks to all!

  • DHK's avatar
    DHK
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    Wordked for me on 2 Macs, both on Ventura 13.2. Thanks so much!

About View, download, and export

Node avatar for View, download, and export
Need support with viewing, downloading, and exporting files and folders from your Dropbox account? Find help from the Dropbox Community.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!