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BoxedInn
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I can't link my macOS desktop app to the existing Dropbox folder after unlinking

On Mac, Dropbox stopped syncing about two to three weeks ago. In my Dropbox Security settings I see two Devices with identical names, e.g., iMac.lan. (Formerly, I had the three devices allowed by the...
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Walter
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11 months ago

Hi there skillet - thanks for joining the discussion here and sorry to hear you're also having issues with this.

When you say it won't let you install, are you getting any particular error? Did you try to install with admin privileges in the first place? 

Apart from that, what is your computer's exact OS version and the version of the Dropbox desktop app as shown in your menu bar?

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