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Rachel R.2's avatar
Rachel R.2
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
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"Dropbox needs to change permissions" message on startup

Lately, every time I start my Mac (OS 10.14.6) I get a message that reads (in full):  "Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder: /Users/[name]/Dropbox Enter your password to allow this"...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    7 years ago

    Hi Rachel R.2,

    Can you try following commands in terminal:

    sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
chmod -R u+rw "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"

    Will be asked for your password (sudo).

    Hope this helps. :wink:

Lusil's avatar
Lusil
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
7 years ago

If you can attach a screenshot in your reply, that would be very helpful! :grinning:

Thanks in advance, Rachel R.2! 

Rachel R.2's avatar
Rachel R.2
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
I would be happy to if you would tell me how to do that!
  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    7 years ago

    Hi Rachel R.2,

    Can you try following commands in terminal:

    sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
chmod -R u+rw "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"

    Will be asked for your password (sudo).

    Hope this helps. :wink:

    • Rachel R.2's avatar
      Rachel R.2
      Helpful | Level 5
      7 years ago

      All at once or one at a time?

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        7 years ago

        Line by line. Every line is one command.

    • JosefC's avatar
      JosefC
      Explorer | Level 3
      6 years ago

      I'm having this issue and have tried the offered solutions with no success. 

    • Fredrick L.1's avatar
      Fredrick L.1
      Explorer | Level 4
      6 years ago

      For months, each time I launched Path Finder the first time after a reboot, I'd get the Dropbox "permissions" message once, sometimes twice (immediately after supplying my Mac password for the first message).

       

      I'm on Catalina.

       

      This seems to have fixed it for me.

       

      Thank you!

      • Lusil's avatar
        Lusil
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        6 years ago

        Thanks for keeping us in the loop, frederick L.1 - glad to hear that you were able to resolve your concern. 

         

        JosefC, could you let me know if you've checked for any computer updates that you have pending? 

         

        Could you also confirm if you're running the latest stable version of the desktop app (101.4.434)?

         

        Keep us posted!

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