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alex eben meyer's avatar
alex eben meyer
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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I can't rename a file I duplicated on Mac OS

i have seen this come up before, but haven't seen a fix. when i duplicate a file, on mac (sonoma 14.6.1) i am unable to rename the file. this is a standard part of my work flow and highly frustrati...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    2 years ago

    Glad to hear the behavior doesn’t persist, at least for now. If this resurfaces though in the future, feel free to let us know here and we can continue looking into this.

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Douglas F.5
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

alex eben meyer  There are only two 'fixes' so far: @karenap suggested restarting your Mac, which does make the problem go away for a while. The other is to rename the file using the Dropbox web page. I just upgraded from Sonoma to Sequoia 15.0.1 and the problem has NOT reappeared yet (fingers crossed). Best of luck.

  • alex eben meyer's avatar
    alex eben meyer
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    a quicker fix for some issues is force quitting finder. (that helps when all the dropbox features in finder disappear). i haven't been having major issues of late, and restarting dropbox does seem to help.  i feel like i used to have zero issues, but now i have some.

    • karenap's avatar
      karenap
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      starting Dropbox has never worked for me – restating the Mac has though.

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