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Dropbox Hijacks Camera Mac/OS
Hi. I have a Sony Alpha connected to my Mac using the Imaging Edge Webcam software. It's important for Zoom video to work for me. However, if I have dropbox running I get the error message "Failed to connect to the camera due to conflict with the function of another applications that are running, or the camera's "PC remote" settings being not appropriate." If I quit dropbox, the camera immediately connects and works perfectly. If I start dropbox, the camera is immediately disconnected and I will get the message above again. Quit dropbox again, and the cam comes back. Very poor, since I depend on dropbox to exchange files. From what I can tell, this has been an issue for years (I see posts from 2018 complaining of the same thing).
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- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hi there Frustrated99, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you clarify the Dropbox desktop app's exact status and version as shown in your menu bar at the moment?
Also, can you send us a screenshot of the exact error you're getting?
Have you tried another OS profile or device perhaps to see if there's the same conflict by the way?
Any additional information you can share is more than welcome!
I have the exact same issue. MacOS Ventura 13.3.1, running on a Apple M1 Max.
Dropbox v 174.4.5852, not sure what you mean by "the Dropbox desktop app's exact status"?
The error message displayed is:
"Failed to connect to the camera due to conflict with the function of another applications that are running..."Exiting Dropbox solves the issue, so it is obvious to me that Dropbox is locking a file or device.
The other webcam in my system does not suffer from this issue.
- Jay
Hi JonnyBergdahl, have you tried disabling the camera upload feature in the Dropbox desktop application preferences?
