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chrisbreen's avatar
chrisbreen
Helpful | Level 6
10 months ago

Dropbox disappears from my Mac on restart.

Hi - whenever I restart my Macbook Pro (after a software u/grade for example) the Dropbox app disappears and I have to do a full re-install of Dropbox otherwise nothing syncs. Any idea why, and can t...
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ClaudeDenis's avatar
ClaudeDenis
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Reinstall dropbox then give it full disk access, and look if any security software is messing with it.

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    chrisbreen
    Helpful | Level 6
    10 months ago

    It has full disc access. What do I look at to see if any software is "messing with it", and how would I know?

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