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A folder is not syncing to my local Dropbox folder
I am experiencing significant synchronization issues on macOS 12.6.1 Monterey. A specific folder within a shared directory is not being downloaded to my computer, despite being available in the brows...
Hi Hannah,
Dropbox version: 164.4.7914
To clarify, the folder is not appearing in my Dropbox folder in the Finder, but it does appear in Dropbox on the web and when using the Android app. Additionally, the folder appears in the list found in Selective Sync via the Finder, but no amount of deselecting and re-selecting seems to make it appear in the Finder itself, and indeed a folder was removed when I manually copied one with the same name into the parent folder! See previous post for details.
Additionally, Finder tags are not syncing correctly.
I have reviewed the article and the folder name is not breaking any of the rules listed. It is syncing correctly for other users with whom the folder has been shared.
Sync status: "Your files are up to date"
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi foxglove_1, are the other users on Mac devices?
If the folder isn't downloading onto the Mac, but it does appear on the web, then there is an issue with the folder name somehow.
Could you provide the full folder name here, if the information isn't too personal?
Hi Jay,
The only thing which would seem to set this folder apart from the rest is an ampersand ("&") in the filename. In fact, a second folder with a related name that also has an ampersand has disappeared as well, one that I actually created. However, the folders with this character in their filenames appear in the Finder for other users (they are also using some iteration of macOS). Ampersands should be valid characters, according to the article that Hannah linked earlier, and there don't seem to be any trailing spaces.
- Walter
Hey foxglove_1, sorry to jump in here, but could you try renaming these folders, temporarily as a test, and let us know how it goes?
Hi Walter,
Thank you for your patience. I was waiting for the project to end before experimenting with any folder names. Now that it has, I've gone back in to check, only to find that someone else on the project had changed the ampersands to the word "and" themself. But alas, this did not make them appear for me in the Finder. I once again made the entire parent folder appear offline, as well as deselected and re-selected one of the folders in Selective sync (pausing and un-pausing Dropbox syncing each time in between), but the folders stubbornly refuse to appear, and nothing is listed in the "Sync Issues" window either.
