I can't access some folders after installing the app

Hi CrewSandy1, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you clarify exactly what you're seeing in the Dropbox folder?

Is it only those two folders that can't be accessed?

This will help me to assist further!

Jay,

Thanks for getting involved in solving my problem.   My terminology is probably incorrect, but I think Dropbox can collect saved files directly at Dropbox.  In addition, I can set up sub folders under Dropbox into which I can save files.  In my case, my pincipal subfolders are Documents and Photos.  My current situation is that the main Dropbox location opens properly along with all the files saved at that location, but my sub files of Documents and Photos are absent.  Strangely, a couple of minor subfiles under Dropbox appear and seem to operate properly.  But the ones where I have all my important stuff are missing.  On other of our computers, this porblem does not exist, so it is isolated to this specific machine.

Many thanks for the help,

AABlanchard

I'm still not sure what you're referring to exactly. Do you mean to say that certain folders are in the Dropbox folder, when they shouldn't be there?

Do you have Dropbox Backup enabled, which moves the Desktop , Documents and Downloads folders into your Dropbox folder?

Jay,

I just reinstalled Dropbox to see if that would fix the problem; it didn't, and my invisible files are still invisible.  When I click on Dropbox in the Finder, I am shown the dozen or so individual files saved directly to Dropbox, plus two "subfiles" beneath/within Dropbox.  But the Documents and Photos subfiles that I know also exist remain invisible.

Does this help?

Many thanks,

AABlanchard

Hey CrewSandy1, sorry to jump in here, but could you send us a screenshot of how the Dropbox folder appears on the new computer and another screenshot of the Dropbox folder on one of the other computers, for comparison?

Hannah,

I'm attaching the two screenshots.  The one labelled "Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 3:01" is from the Mac.  It shows the abreviated list of my Dropbox contents, especially missing the Documents and Photos files.  The one labelled "DropBox Shot (1).png" is from our other computer, and does show the important files missing from the first shot. 

Thank you for trying to unwind this for me!

AABlanchard

I realized my error while I was watching the "debate" tonight.  Glad you also caught it.  Here are the screen shots:

 Best regards and thanks,

AABlanchard

No, Hanna, that was not a test to see if you were paying attention.  My mistake.

Here's the Mac shot

 Many thanks,

AABlanchard