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pabloago78
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
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Mac Finder asks for password each time a rename a file or move a folder in Dropbox

Each time I try to rename a file or move a file or folder within my Dropbox folders (synced on my Mac), I need to enter my Mac password or use touchID. This never happened before. Can anyone help? I ...
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  • pabloago78's avatar
    pabloago78
    3 years ago

    Never mind, I uninstalled it again, deleted all the files that were stored locally and re-installed again and it seems to be working just fine now. Thanks anyway!

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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey skillet, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

Did you install the Dropbox desktop app with admin rights on your computer in the first place?

 

If you did, can you confirm that you've also tried these steps to grant Dropbox full disk access as well?

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skillet
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Yes I have done all those things and even checked and unchecked those boxes in System preferences for Accesablity and Full Disk Access. I have uninstalled dropbox and reinstalled. I tried duplicating files and had to type in my admin password, then when it was duplicated when I tried to delete the file I got the error The operation can’t be completed because “03 Family Stuff copy.scriv” needs to be downloaded.  It was created locally on my desktop and there is no icon or anything that shows it needs to be downloaded. It is a small file I waited a while and still get the same error message. 

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    Jay
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    3 years ago

    HI skillet, have you tried marking the file as available offline by right clicking it and choosing that option, as it sound like the file is on the site?

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