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charlie22
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2 months ago
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Desktop app opens Finder; usual remedies not working

I'm on a Mac Apple M2 Pro running Sequoia 15.6.1. I used to have a Dropbox icon in my menu bar from which I could access my files and see notifications. Now when I launch the app, it opens in a finde...
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    charlie22
    2 months ago

    This was resolved through a help chat. I needed to remove menu items from my menu bar until I could see the Dropbox menu icon. I then moved the icon to the right so it's more likely to stay visible.

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charlie22
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

This was resolved through a help chat. I needed to remove menu items from my menu bar until I could see the Dropbox menu icon. I then moved the icon to the right so it's more likely to stay visible.

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Jay
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2 months ago

Hi charlie22, thanks for messaging the Community!

We appreciate your response on your your resolved this matter.

On Mac OS in particular on newer versions of the OS, if the menu bar has many items then other items would vanish and be hidden.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us back!

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