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Daniel J.19
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3 years ago
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Couldn't start Dropbox. This may be a temporary error. Please restart Dropbox.

Migrated data from my old Macbook Pro (Intel chip) to a new one (M2 chip).  Dropbox was the only program that did not migrate.  The dropbox name appears in Finder but with no files.  The dropbox icon...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    Hey Daniel J.19, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

     

    Did you try quitting the app and relaunching it at all?  Could you check if this persists after rebooting your computer?

     

    If it does, you may need to perform a clean, advanced reinstall.

     

    In any case, please keep me posted!

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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey Daniel J.19, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

Did you try quitting the app and relaunching it at all?  Could you check if this persists after rebooting your computer?

 

If it does, you may need to perform a clean, advanced reinstall.

 

In any case, please keep me posted!

  • Daniel J.19's avatar
    Daniel J.19
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the message and suggestion.  I was able to do a reinstall.  The icon appeared and so did my dropbox files in Finder.  So far so good. 

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