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!

Yes, using finder I can navigate to the Dropbox Folder, make files and folders and move files out.All I know is before Catalina it was working fine. After Catalina it is not. ...and Dropbox is really freaking expensive now for this.

Since Drop box uploaded this new interface it is impossible for drag and drop. Moderator you did not answer the previous persons problem.I cannot drag and drop my files into folders also. There is no set up screen to change this. please let me know the answer to this issue.

THanks @donawalt, this worked for me.donawalt wrote: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!

Can't Drag Files to Dropbox Folder in Catalina

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Sparrow1
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago
Yes. Extension is installed and running. Logo appears in sidebar. Problem persists.
BrantInPaloAlto
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago
Oh and it's only drag and drop to the favorites bar. If I open a new tab for dropbox I can drag/drop to that tab.
jbaltd
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
Hi Jane,
all your requirements are met ... still can NOT drag files into the Dropbox :((((
Very puzzling and majorly frustrating.
Please help us.
THANK YOU,
joseph
Bryan4
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
.Just to add that I have this problem too, but not just with the top-level Dropbox folder - I'm also getting it with one (and just one) subfolder. I thought maybe it was because it's a shared folder, but other top level shares, and folders nested within the problem folder, aren't affected.
Jane
Dropbox Staff
7 years ago
I appreciate your efforts & ongoing cooperation; you’ve all been very insightful!

I’ve now created individual tickets for all of you that posted us since yesterday separating your reports & I’d like to work with you individually moving forward. If you have some spare time, please check your inbox & we’ll continue troubleshooting that from where we’ve left off here.

(Note: I accidentally created a ticket for you as well dragdropper; feel free to ignore it, as this has been sorted in this case.)

Enjoy your Friday until we talk again!
BrantInPaloAlto
Helpful | Level 6
7 years ago
I've given you a lot of time already by helping define the problem clearly. You have several people with the same issue so it's clearly not some one off thing. Ball is in dropbox's court now to fix it. If you'd like me to check at any point if things are working after you make fixes I'm glad to do that though but please don't engage with me directly beyond that.
anonymous
7 years ago
agreed. behavior has been cleary defined—no drag/drop into the dropbox icon in macos 10.15.x Finder sidebar. I'm now on 10.15.1 beta 2 and the bahavior occurs on the three machines I currently have running macos 10.15.x.
opening a seperate window works, dragging into any other folder placed in side bar works: only dropbox in sidenbar does not work.
anonymous
7 years ago
nope. tried relaucnhing the Finder in initial troubleshooting.
but thx.
dragdropper
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
Whatever was fixed became unfixed and now I need help dragging from desktop or anywhere to Dropbox.
Jane
Dropbox Staff
7 years ago
Hey dragdropper, the ticket is still active on our system, so if you reply back to me, this is going to end up in my inbox!

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