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jblfv31's avatar
jblfv31
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Dropbox menu bar icon keeps moving to the left after shutdown

The Dropbox icon on my Mac suddenly started moving from its original position in my menu bar all the way to the left (as I like to customize the order of the icons for efficiency... ) I move it bac...
desktop
Dropbox Plus
Mac
Setting up the apps
billearl's avatar
billearl
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Me too. It's annoying.

 

Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)

OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Hey billearl, sorry to hear about this.

     

    Did you get the chance to look into this with Apple?

    • billearl's avatar
      billearl
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      No. It's an old Mac with an old OS. I did search thoroughly though, and looked for workarounds using AppleScript, to no avail. I'll just leave the Dropbox icon on the left.

      • jbn23's avatar
        jbn23
        New member | Level 2
        2 years ago

        This is not an Apple issue. If it was, why would it only be the Dropbox icon that does it, and none of the other 8 app icons I have that have stayed where I put them for the last 5 years? It's ludicrously annoying.

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