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Dario1250
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

After latest Dropbox update, documents on Mac are set to open with Dropbox by default

MacBook Pro M1 with the MacOS Ventura 13.1 installed. I use the Dropbox Plus plan, and I predominantly access files through my Finder app.   The Dropbox app notified me of the new update — I instal...
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PedroTytgat
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
Same here. Right-clicking and choosing Open With and then the default app (that is still registered as Default!) gives the desired behavior: the file downloads and is opened with the app.
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shapiromh
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Thanks for the note. In your case does it revert back to "open with Dropbox" to the default after making this change (even if selecting "change all"). This was the particularly annoying issue I was trying to describe. 

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