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TurquoiseWoman
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3 years ago

Mac Desktop has a blank screen with no icons after upgrade to Monterey and Dropbox for macOS

Hi, apologies if this is not the correct location. I ugraded to Monterey recently, then almost immediately DB rolled out the new location on my iMac.  Not sure where the problem is, but on startup ...
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TurquoiseWoman
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Thanks for your reply.  I don't know if that folder in DB is supposed to open on my mac on startup.  Is there a way of making it do that?  What should I take a screenshot of and how do I post it here?  I don't see any icons above for attachments.  I'm a newbie.

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi TurquoiseWoman, as a first step, can you check your Backup page online, and let me know if you have any backups enabled? 

 

If you could attach a screenshot of what you see on your end, that'd be most wonderful. You can do this by clicking the camera like icon and attaching your screenshot here. 

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    TurquoiseWoman
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    Hi, I don't have backups turned on.  

     

    I have now just taken my mac desktop items out of dropbox and they now reside in macintosh HD>user>name>desktop.  This desktop now appears on startup.  I do have another problem though, it appears that the new location of cloudstorage>dropbox (5-3-23 3/46pm) is not syncing properly. The online dropbox is not showing the same folders etc. that I am seeing in my desktop app.  The only way I can see the path is here:

    If I click on select folders it shows the same folders etc. as it does on the website, which is wrong.

    Thanks.

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      Hannah
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for the update here, TurquoiseWoman.

       

      The selective sync section will show you all the folders that are available and synced in your Dropbox folder and your account online, will also show you the files and folders that are actually synced to your Dropbox.

       

      Can you check the sync status of the app for us? You can do so, by hovering over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar.

       

      Let us know what you see and we'll go from there!

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        TurquoiseWoman
        Helpful | Level 6
        3 years ago

        Sorry for my late reply, I thought I had already done it!  I have hovered over the dropbox icon and it still says syncing.  The online DB is still not updating.

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