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J-Reacher
Explorer | Level 3
1 month ago

Syncing icons are missing on Mac OS

Application Affected Dropbox desktop app / newest update as of 2/3/2026 Device M3 iMac Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Sequoia Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 241.4.4795 Qu...
desktop
Mac
sync
kellyA's avatar
kellyA
Explorer | Level 4
1 month ago

ok I found the preference area,  however, I still dont have any sync icons and there was nothing helpful under the "preference" tab. 

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J-Reacher
Explorer | Level 3
1 month ago

Honestly I don’t think it’s anything on our side. Got on my computer this morning and my M3 was working fine. I didn’t do anything. Went to bed last night, not working and then today working. So my M4 now wasn’t working this morning. So I quit DB app, then changed the name of the drive. Launched DB, went through the setup to re-sync. Changed the drive name back and then synced. The blue icons still didn’t show up until I rebooted. Once I logged back in I did a force quit of the Finder after DB was running and then it showed up.

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