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samccarver
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Dropbox not added to Dock in macOS Monterey 12.2

I recently reloaded the app to reinstall on my Mac Pro desktop. According to the download page: When you download and install the Dropbox desktop app, two things are added to your computer: T...
desktop
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Setting up the apps
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Megan
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4 years ago
Hi samccarver, sorry to jump in here! 

Would you mind sharing a screenshot of what your desktop and menu bar look like so we can have a clear visual on our end? 

Thank you!
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samccarver
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

 Here's the screen shot. Hope it helps.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    4 years ago
    According to the screenshot, I can see the Dropbox icon in the menu bar; it's the leftmost icon near the center of the screen at the top as there are a lot of items there.
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      samccarver
      Explorer | Level 3
      4 years ago

      When I click on the Dropbox icon in the menu bar this is what I see:

       When I click on Dropbox.app in Finder it opens a new Finder window showing Dropbox files.

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