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Jonesy67
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12 months ago
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Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder...

Mid-December, my Mac updated to the latest OS. macOS Sequoia 15.2 (24C101). Since then, Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder: /Users/ ############/.dropbox every time I restart my Mac a...
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    Hannah
    12 months ago

    Hey Jonesy67, can you please try the steps in this article and let us know if they help?

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Jonesy67
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12 months ago

Walterdo you have any thoughts on this issue?

It happens every time I restart my iMac and after it goes to sleep. Thanks

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Walter
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12 months ago

Thanks for the additional information and the nudge on this Jonesy67 

Can you confirm that you've already granted Dropbox full disk access as outlined here? 
Also, may I ask if you've enabled early releases on your account and if there's a particular reason you're not running the latest stable version of the app on your computer? 

 

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    Jonesy67
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    12 months ago

    Thanks, Walter  I checked, and yes, I was on early release, so I turned that setting off and reinstalled build 214.4.5217. App asked for access when installing and was granted.

    Dropbox had been granted full disk access, and the new install build 214.4.5217 also has disk access and accessibility.

    Restarted iMac and once again was asked to grant access as per original post, restarted again just to be sure, yep, same.

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      Hannah
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      12 months ago

      Hey Jonesy67, can you please try the steps in this article and let us know if they help?

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        Jonesy67
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        12 months ago

        Hi Hannah yes the advanced install has resolved the issue. Thanks so much. Cheers.

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