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Right click menu missing (Mac OS)
Hello,
Thought I would reach out to you directly with a problem that I don't see the specific solution to.
My right click menu suddenly disappeared today while working on files in a Drop...
I'm also having this issue. Right click options no longer appear when I'm in my dropbox folder within my finder. Does anyone have a solution for this? Using macOS Big Sur.
- Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey moching66, I hope you're doing well!
Can you let me know the syncing status and version of your app?
If I were you, I'd also do a quick re-install just to see if the behavior remained the same.
Keep me posted on what you find. I've got exactly the same problem. All of a sudden, on my desktop Mac (Big Sur 11.6.5, Dropbox version 149.3.4526) my right-click contextual menu does not give me all of the Dropbox options that it used to do. The one that I used most often was 'Copy Dropbox link', as I'm frequently sharing files. But now that doesn't appear (see attached), neither in the right-click menu nor in the mini Dropbox desktop app. The only solution is to click 'View on Dropbox.com' and then go through the process of creating and copying a link on Dropbox.com. Why has this changed? It continues to work correctly on my Macbook Pro (MacOS 12.0.1, Dropbox version 147.3.4765).
- Dropbox have removed this feature in the name of progress… but without mentioning it at all. Please petition them to put it back as they are not allowing sharing from any backed up files/folders. I really don’t know why
Hope this comes back soon
Dan- Actually, I've since discovered the problem. It's because Dropbox, in their wisdom, have removed the function to share anything that is backed up. Now, naturally, all the files I'm working on are on the desktop of my Mac, which had been backed up via Dropbox. That now means I can do only very limited things with every file on my desktop, and that does not include sharing via a Dropbox link. Why have they done this? In their words, to avoid our inadvertently sharing sensitive files! I mean, talk about treating your customers like children. How dare they decide what we can and we cannot share of our own files? I've found an inelegant workaround, but really Dropbox you need to reverse this and reinstate the function to share any backed-up file, folder or drive.
