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Thom_C
New member | Level 2
21 hours ago

My Mac desktop app is unable to sync a file, even though I've removed the invalid character.

Operating System macOS11.7.10 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 244.4.6580 Syncing Status 1 file is unable to sync Issue While organising and renaming files in Finder, I acci...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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16 hours ago

Have you tried simply restarting Dropbox? Often a pause and restart of Sync will work. 

Another thing to try is dragging the offending file out of the Dropbox folder, wait for it to sync to green tick and then replace.

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