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fenulagg's avatar
fenulagg
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
Solved

When I any file on my Mac it goes to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/.Trash instead of ~/.Trash

While investigating some weird behavior on my Mac I figured out that files I deleted from the Finder (say with Cmd-Delete) were going not to ~/.Trash where they should but to ~/Library/CloudStorage/D...
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  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    3 years ago

    Hi Everybody,

     

    It looks like this was an issue on Apple's side that was fixed with MacOS 13.1. If anyone is having this issue, please perform a system update, and it should be resolved. Feel free to let us know if that's not the case.

     

    Regards,

    Ben

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi fenulagg, I hope you're doing well! 

 

Interesting behavior. Could you clarify the version of the app that you're using on your end? 

 

If I were you, I'd try to restart my device, then try again. Also, could you give me some example file paths of the content that you deleted when you noticed this behavior; just to clarify where they originally were?

 

Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!

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

Hi Megan,

I am using Dropbox v165.4.4300. I've just restarted and the behavior persists. I tested deleting files from directly inside ~/ and from /Applications and both ended up in ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/.Trash

 

 

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    3 years ago

    Hi fenulagg! I hope you’re doing well. 

     

    Do you mind if we open a ticket for you instead, so that we can investigate this further?

    • fenulagg's avatar
      fenulagg
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago

      Yes, please do!

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
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        3 years ago

        Hey fenulagg, I just sent you an email. Make sure to check it out and get back to me, when you have a chance.

         

        Thanks!

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