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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:

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
5 years ago

Ok jorn,

If you are so afraid to post something, try solving the issue yourself. From your last post the only thing visible is that the owner is "jornroot" and the access rights are enough. 🤷

Good luck.

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jorn
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

I'm not sure why responding to my post with an insult about not posting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  was either helpful or polite, nor even necessary,  but I'm optimistic somebody will come along soon with some insight. 

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