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mikemohr
Helpful | Level 5
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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Hannah
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3 years ago

Thanks mitchellmedia and Ryan22 for checking.

 

Just to confirm, have you also tried these steps to fix your hardlinks and permissions?

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Riqiv
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hello there, 

 

As an experiment I EMPTIED the entire Dropbox Folder to my desktop. It synced to my iPad and that Dropbox (on iPad) is also empty. 

 

However, I am still getting alerts saying "Couldn't upload. Give dropbox permission to access this file." (See screenshot.)

Strange behavior!!!

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Hey Riqiv - sorry to jump in, but would it be OK if we reached out via email to have a further look internally at this point? 

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    Riqiv
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Sure, no problem...if we could solve this for me and other Dropbox users that would be good!

     

    Do you need my email address???

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