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JefW
Collaborator | Level 9
7 years ago

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...
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Daphne
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7 years ago
Hey there JefW,
 
So after looking into this in a bit more depth on my side, the "__MACOSX” folder contains the metadata of the files and is a “hidden folder”. This folder won’t be seen on OS X 10.13 or higher but for other operating systems you will see this hidden folder when unzipping.
 
I’d suggest for anymore specific info about this that it might be better to either do a quick web search or contact Apple Support perhaps, as this is an OS related behaviour rather than specifically with Dropbox they should have a better understanding.
 
I hope this points you in the right direction - Thanks!
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quizbane
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

I am on Mac 12.3 and I am still experiencing the same issue. 

I downloaded a folder from dropbox website (called "Results")

The result was a .zip file.  Called Results.zip.

I unzipped it.

The result was that I had a folder called Results and the mysterious folder called __MACOSX.

It was plainly visible, not hidden, despite my OS being much later than the one mentioned by the previous author.

 

The folder __MACOSX contains a subfolder also called Result.  It size is much smaller like previously reported.

It's size is 84k whereas the "real" Results folder is 700MK

 

(Please excuse my rant:This weirdness is a small annoyance.  But it is just one more straw on the already broken camel's back.  I am locked into Drobpox and am paying a huge price in terms of technical headaches, lost data, and never ending hours of calls and emails with "advanced" technical support).

 

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    Hannah
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    4 years ago

    Thanks for the comment here, quizbane, and sorry to see you're having this issue.

     

    Can you let me know the size of the folder that you downloaded?

     

    Is the same behavior also true for smaller files or folders, when downloaded from our website?

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