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Dropbox won't start on my Mac and I've done all the things, please help
I updated dropbox and now it won't open on my Mac. I reinstalled the OS, updated to the latest OS, my device is in the Dropbox security list, and I downloaded Dropbox (4 times!) installed and it won...
I guess I have the same issue
Dropbox won't start after update (this update moved all files to a new folder)
I've tried updating Dropbox, also updated MacOS to Sonoma, still the same.
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 184.4.6543
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 66
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 1226c863-23af-55c0-a16b-7b3f25755fa6
pid: 1585
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Sitchko', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Igor', pw_dir='/Users/Sitchko', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Sitchko', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Igor', pw_dir='/Users/Sitchko', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 501
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'Sitchko', '_nsurlstoraged'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'Sitchko', '_nsurlstoraged'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/Sitchko'
appdata: '/Users/Sitchko/.dropbox/instance2'
real_path='/Users/Sitchko/.dropbox/instance2'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/Sitchko/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/Sitchko/Dropbox'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40750 uid=501 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
tempdir: '/var/folders/x0/dfg8ksb17l97l65g661sszdr0000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/x0/dfg8ksb17l97l65g661sszdr0000gn/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 235, in client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 283, in _create_thin_client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/fs_api_adapter.py", line 50, in __init__
File "desktop/extensions/fs_api/fs_api_python.pyx", line 63, in fs_api_python.FsApiServer.__cinit__
fs_api_python.FsApiError: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing application filesystem |>> Attempting to initialize dbx cache directory |>> open syscall |>> OS reported a potential deadlock"
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 866, in wrapper
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6792, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "desktop/dropbox/client/message_queue.py", line 306, in _wrapped
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6252, in _init_components_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6175, in create_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.py", line 225, in make_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.py", line 243, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.py", line 282, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.py", line 242, in __init__
File "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 967, in __get__
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 259, in client
dropbox.fs_api.lifecycle.FsApiClientCreationException: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing application filesystem |>> Attempting to initialize dbx cache directory |>> open syscall |>> OS reported a potential deadlock"
