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Mac osx - strange extra files appearing when downloading files directly.
Just had a strange issue with some files that I directly downloaded from our DB folders. On the website, I went to one of my shared folders from another team member, and clicked on 2 files (illustra...
Thanks Walter,
Well, I know this is a technicality, but if I upload 2 files, and then choose to download them directly, Dropbox compresses those files into a zip file... which is changing my original files. The process of compression is what I meant by Dropbox changing the files.
Yes, my original issue is still unanswered. Just to re-state the issue...
When I do I direct download, and then uncompress the zipped files there are these extra files showing up.
About a week or more (month maybe) it never used to do this.
Something recently changed - And I don't think it was my system, since it is also happening on my co-workers computer.
Thanks for your time.
I am having the exact same issue with the strange additional _MACOSX file being generated. I am working on a new Macbook Pro 16" OSX 10.15.4
Hey, everyone, wondering if a solution was ever found for this issue. The same exact thing happens to me when downloading a Dropbox folder to my Mac. I get an additional folder named _MACOSX containing a duplicate of the dowloaded folder and inside it only some of its files, all 70 bytes and cannot be opened. A message about the files being damaged and harmful.
My question is: does anyone know if deleting these _MACOSX folders would affect the main downloaded folders?
Thank you in advanced for your help!
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