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mikemohr
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4 years ago

Couldn't upload. Give Dropbox permission to access this file

Hello- I'm running MacOS 13.0.1 and recently, I have had no luck removing the single badge notification. I have tried everything, reinstalled dropbox several times and now i've removed everything (...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

Could you try using this feature to ignore those two files, so that the Dropbox desktop application doesn't try to sync them?

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Ryan22
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I am having similar issues with the .localized file. I have tried all of the recommended fix permissions option and it came back in 5 minutes. I cannot locate the .localized file as it is apparently a language file. 

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    mitchellmedia
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    The terminal thing that Jay suggested 'this feature' to get dropbox to ignore these files (.localized / .run / .lock) did not work

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Sorry to hear about this, Ryan22 and mitchellmedia.

     

    Do the files in question exist in your account on dropbox.com? If so, can you delete them from there and see if that helps?

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    mitchellmedia
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    The two files (.run and .lock [others have mentioned .localized]) do not appear when I click the 'Go to file' option on the dropbox alert window. The files do not appear with a Mac folder or spotlight search either. The others and myself have tried all of these type of obvious suggestions and many others more in depth, but the problem persists

  • Ryan22's avatar
    Ryan22
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    The .localized file does not appear in either my dropbox on the web portal, nor on the Mac when I search it or click "go to file" in the sync issues window. 

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