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welr's avatar
welr
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Unable to Jupyter sync project directories with python environments on macOS

I am having trouble opening Jupyter notebooks created on one macOS computer (source) on another macOS computer (target) synced through Dropbox.  The Dropbox app on the target computer shows that all ...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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2 years ago

Hi welr, thanks for messaging the Community.

 

Is the error message appearing in the Dropbox desktop application itself? 

 

Are the folders listed and selected in the selective sync window?

 

This will help me to assist further!

welr's avatar
welr
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Jay,

 

Yes, the error appears in the Dropbox desktop application, the folders are almost certainly included in the selective sync window, as all of my folders in my Dropbox directory are selected. (I assume therefore that all subdirectories are included as well.) 

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Are the folders definitely synced on the Dropbox site?

    • welr's avatar
      welr
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      Yes.  Furthermore, I can download the afflicted file from the Dropbox site and run it on the target mac.

      I should perhaps draw attention again that the afflicted file (an "i-python} notebook) is not located in any of the folders that are identified as having sync issues by the destop app on the source computer.

       

      The specific error (with part of the file path removed) the file raises on the target machine when I attempt to open it from the synced Dropbox directory is:

       

      File Load Error for small-dataset-validation-methods.ipynb

      Unreadable Notebook: /Users/.../small-dataset-validation-methods.ipynb NotJSONError("Notebook does not appear to be JSON: ''"

       

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        2 years ago

        Hi welr,

        Did you make sure desired files are available offline in advance? 🧐 If not, give it a try. You'll need to repeat in advance this whenever you want to do something with your project.

        Good luck.

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