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RobertPatton
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

macOS Monterey 12 - Couldnt Start Dropbox

bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 131.4.3968 bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48 bn.is_frozen: True machine_id: dd8495f4-eeb6-52f3-a698-4cbb0543dbcf pid: 3947 ppid: 1 uid: 501 user_inf...
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jtbowden
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

I had luck uninstalling Dropbox (moving to trash, emptying trash) and then getting rid of the Dropbox application settings:

 

In Terminal:

 

mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dropbox ~/Desktop/DropboxOldSettings

 

Then reinstall Dropbox.

 

Oh, I also noticed that the permissions for the disk were bad before that.  In "Get Info" for the Dropbox folder, I unlocked the permissions (lock in bottom right corner), and chose "Read & Write" for "everyone".

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shinbeth
Experienced | Level 13
5 years ago

This is ridiculous, I won't want to take the risk of uninstalling and re syncing losing hours of my time.

 

And btw the uninstall/reinstall method doesn't even work!

 

My god I'm so tired of Dropbox every upgrade is such a joke!

 

You guys had more than 6 months to make the beta version work with this new OS...

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