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Domscillator
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Dropbox Not working after restart: Reconnecting to the internet. This may take a moment.
I have been experiencing a very frustrating issue with Dropbox the past few days.
Issue: After restarting my Mac Studio (MacOS 13.6.5), Dropbox always gets stuck with the message:
Reconnecting to the internet. This may take a moment.
- No VPN
- No Firewall
- Home Network
- Fully updated Dropbox
The thing that is baffling is that :
- If you Quit and restart Dropbox it works immediately but if you restart the computer the issue appears again
- If you wait for a long time Dropbox eventually connects and syncs. But it takes a long time
- On the same computer, about a week ago, Dropbox was syncing instantly after reboot.
I have tried already reinstalling and deleting the cache folder.
Is this a known issue that's going on at the moment>
Many thanks
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update: we're rolling out a fix today that should resolve this issue. It's in Stable Build 197.4.7629.
As a reminder: the current workaround is to quit/close the Dropbox application and relaunch it.
Thank you!
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- Maddux2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hanna,
Did you also move mine so I could be notified for an update? - FBarros2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hello all. We have a company Dropbox shared with some users. When we connect in the company we first have to login in our private network to gain acesso to the internet. Some users dont have any problems but on other the desktop app to sync stays stuck. And they have to restart the pc to work again. When they restart as they already made the login in the firewall they have direct acess to the internet and the aplication works fine. This seems to happen in the latest app. We do not have this problem before. Is there any way of solve this problem? Is there anyway of delay the start up of the app?
Thank you in advance,
- Hannah2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey FBarros, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
If the firewall in question is blocking the Dropbox app, have you tried whitelisting Dropbox on the firewall settings or removing it from its black list?
You can see more about that here.
Let me know how it goes!
- FBarros2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hello
First of all thank you for your fast response. The program is on the white list.
This problem only appear recently and with computers with Win 11. Has Dropbox made any updates recently that can change the old behavior? The app even when receives internet connection is not able to syncing until we restart windows.
- Hannah2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the update, FBarros.
Can you let us know, or even better, send us a screenshot of the exact error you're getting?
Also, which version of the app are you using?
You can see that by hovering over the Dropbox icon in your system tray.
- FBarros2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Good morning
The app only says trying to reconnect, please view attachment.
Version also in attachment.
- Hannah2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the screenshots, FBarros, they've really clarified the issue.
This is actually an issue that our developers are aware of and are working on a solution.
I moved you to the relevant thread, so you'll get an update, when the team has one.
- UnhappyUser12 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thank you @Hannah. If Dropbox is "aware" of the issue, it would be helpful if they posted something about it, so your CUSTOMERS aren't left scratching their heads and/or trying to troubleshoot.
- Sam DBX2 years ago
Community Manager
Hi everyone,
Thanks for hanging in there; we know how frustrating this issue can be.
To clarify, we've spotted this connectivity error (the Dropbox desktop app getting stuck during startup) in an older version.
Our team is currently working on a fix and we should have an update for you soon.
In the meantime, if you haven't already, please quit/close the Dropbox application and relaunch it.
Thank you!
- shirish752 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Mr. Sam, no version works and there is no work around.
This is blocker issue and probably may not be that difficult to fix, but its taking inordinate time.
Surprised how DB team is not looking into such critical issue.
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