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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 tried the suggested command in Terminal
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 "$path"; done
My Terminal appears to start up in Bash so I didn't need to use the command to switch to Bash
The problem is fixed. Thank you!
I can confirm this works.
If you don't want to change your shell all the time, you can also just paste this into a file (mine was called dropbox-fix.sh):
#!/bin/bash
IFS=$'\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"
doneIt's the same script from before. Save it in your home folder. Go to a terminal and type the following commands:
chmod +x ~/dropbox-fix.sh ~/dropbox-fix.sh
