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Josephus F.'s avatar
Josephus F.
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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Dropbox does not show up in the Finder Side Bar (Apple Sonoma)

  Google Drive appears in the SideBar section Locations but DropBox does not appear there Why not ?  
desktop
Mac
Setting up the apps
  • shaferkg's avatar
    shaferkg
    3 years ago

    Okay, problem solved, or at least a workaround. I just clicked and dragged the DB file folder from my hard drive directory to the sidebar and it's now showing up. NOTICE that DB still DOES NOT show up in the Finder settings. In the past, it DID show and we could click the box to include it on the sidebar.

    I'm going to do a restart and see if the DB folder stays on the sidebar. If you don't hear back from me, it did show up so this workaround worked. No news is good news.

     

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Josephus F.'s avatar
Josephus F.
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

It looks OK now but this was Ventura OS

It does not look OK on Sonoma. 

I do not see the DB icon in the screen menu so I cannot find the preferences for DB

Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

The preferences for the Dropbox desktop application would be in the Dropbox menu bar icon at the top of the screen, near the clock, which I can see is visible in your screenshots.

  • Josephus F.'s avatar
    Josephus F.
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    I have two computers.Mac Book Air 15" with Sonoma and MacBook Pro 13" with Ventura installed.

    Installing DB on Sonoma seems not possible

    The DB icon is not visible in the meny bar in my computer that has Sonoma OS

    The screenshot I have published belongs to another computer that has Ventura OS

     

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      3 years ago

      Could you ensure that the  Dropbox desktop application is running by opening it from the applications menu?

      • Josephus F.'s avatar
        Josephus F.
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        Klicking on takes you to the DB folder

        But I see no settings.

         

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