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BobF18
Helpful | Level 5
1 year ago

Folders Appearing and Filling with Empty Folders Every Few Minutes on Mac OS

Dropbox has begun placing folders within folders in my Documents Folder.  I'm on a new MacBook Pro running the newest operating system, and this just started up yesterday.  Odd thing is I haven't use...
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DragonUser52's avatar
DragonUser52
Helpful | Level 6
1 year ago

Thanks for the details! Please update us after your call with Apple. 

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tommyzai
Helpful | Level 6
1 year ago

Well, I spent the better part of today dealing with this issue . . . spoke with five members of Apple Support. I've been advised to create a Time Machine backup and then do a reformat and clean install of Sonoma. Apple is calling me tomorrow at 2pm Pacific Time to guide me through reinstalling my stuff from Time Machine, little by little to avoid reinfecting OSX . . . assuming the clean install is not buggy and populating empty folders in Documents. I'll gladly report back. Wish I had better news and an easy fix. Looks like my Mac Mini needs to be wiped. ;-0

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    DragonUser52
    Helpful | Level 6
    1 year ago

    Thanks tommyzai , let us know how it goes.

    • tommyzai's avatar
      tommyzai
      Helpful | Level 6
      1 year ago

      I suspect this had something to do with iCloud and dropbox and my initial settings after updating to the latest version of Sonoma. I will be very careful when setting up my new OSX install. No iCloud. No sharing. No analytics. No beta OSX. No nothing!

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        DragonUser52
        Helpful | Level 6
        1 year ago

        The same folders appear to be written to my user library/Containers folder. What does Weather Widget have to do with this???

         

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