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1nick's avatar
1nick
New member | Level 2
29 days ago

No contextual menu after moving Dropbox to home directory

 

Macbook pro  M1 
macOS. 15.7.1 Sequoia
Dropbox App Version (if using the app).   236.4.5918

Syncing Status. synced

Question or Issue
I had to move dropbox out of my ICloud account , into my home account in /Users/me.

Now I have now contextual menu. I have been through uninstalling, re isntalling. I cannot enable classic FinderSync (garcon) . 

in terminal 

pluginkit -m -v | grep -i garcon                                                                                                                ✔ 

-    com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon(236.4.5918)    80AD058C-3AA2-4F9A-9B84-62AD2F8B0E48    2025-11-09 13:16:42 +0000    /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/PlugIns/garcon.appex

desktop
Mac
sync

2 Replies

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    25 days ago

    Hey 1nick! I'm just circling back to see if you saw Mark's reply. If you still need any help feel free to reply back to this thread. If your issue has been solved, let us know what worked for you!
     

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    29 days ago
    1nick wrote:

    I had to move dropbox out of my ICloud account , into my home account in /Users/me.

    What exactly do you mean and how did you do it?

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