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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 ?  
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  • 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

Which steps to follow ?

DB does not show up in the Location section of the SideBar, nor on the top screen menu. 
There is no setting option (using Sonoma 14.1)

Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Josephus F., if the Dropbox icon isn't appearing on the menu bar, could you ensure that the app is running from your Applications folder?

 

If it is running but you're not seeing the icon, try quitting other menu bar apps to see if the Dropbox icon appears, as Mac OS could be hiding it due to too many icons and not enough screen space. 

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

    DB version 185.4.6054  is in the Application folder.  There is no other DB

    There is free space in the menu bar apps

    It should appear also in the Locations area on the Side Bar in Finder but is not there

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