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Can't Drag Files to Dropbox Folder in Catalina
Hello,
In catalina I am no longer able to drag files in finder into the dropbox folder. The selected object just sort of springs back into place and will not enter the Dropbox folder.
I thought I would share this - I have been waiting for the permanent fix from Dropbox, which will BE this fix - it has not come out yet, so I thought I would share the fix that worked for me. I think this is all they are going to add into an update but I am not sure about that. Can you see if this works for you? You may have to restart your computer if it doesn't work, but I didn't have to.
Open Terminal, and enter this command (all one line):
IFS=$'\n'; for path in `python -c $'import os\nimport json\nfor key, value in json.loads(open(os.path.expanduser("~/.dropbox/info.json")).read()).items():\n print value["path"].encode("utf-8")'`; do echo "$path"; xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$path"; done
Then try the drag and drop again!
Rob C.24 this is a bash shell command not zsh, which is the default. Many people prefer the old bash. Do this to change the default shell to Bash:
1. Open Terminal - see the title in the window? It says zsh right?
2. chsh -s /bin/bash
3. It will ask for your password
4. Close Terminal window and reopen it - you should see "bash" in the title of the window now
5. Now enter this (all one line, just copy and paste it):
IFS=$'\n'; for path in `python -c $'import os\nimport json\nfor key, value in json.loads(open(os.path.expanduser("~/.dropbox/info.json")).read()).items():\n print value["path"].encode("utf-8")'`; do echo "$path"; xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$path"; done
6. If you want to change it back to the default zsh after this is done, close the Terminal window, open a new Terminal window, and type chsh -s /bin/zsh. It will prompt again for your password, then close the Terminal window. Next time you will see zsh in the title!
Good luck!
For temporary switch to bash shell (and not only), just run 'bash' command would be enough (no sudo, no turn forth and back). At the end just close you terminal and everything would be back. :wink:
Was able to switch to bash but when I ran the main line I got the following message: "No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine" -- any ideas?
The proposed solution worked on one of my two machines. I'll try it on the other later.
- I uninstalled and reinstalled Dropbox and after a bit more fiddling things were back to normal. Must have been an issue with the Catalina upgrade but now it seems to be fine.
Thanks for the troubleshooting. Is there an easier solution for those of us who are not programmers?
pentagramwookie's solution worked for me. No programming skills needed - just cut-and-paste the text from the post into a terminal window. Someone else has already done the programming :)
Hi, I tried this command but got the error "No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine"
+1 me too
