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rovf
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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MacOS: No "Dropbox" in the "Location" settings of Finder

I have updated Dropbox on MacOS (12.6.5), and I have learned that I should know be able to see "Dropbox" in Finder on the left hand pane under 'Locations'. However there is no such entry; 'Locations'...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey rovf, thanks for letting us know about this.

     

    Can you please hover your mouse over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar, to see the sync status and the version of the app?

     

    Also, if you go to ~/Library/CloudStorage, are you able to find the Dropbox folder?

     

    Let me know and we'll go from there.

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rovf
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

I find this recommendation a bit problematic, as I don't have the mentioned "Cloud Storage" entry in my Finder/Preferences

 

On he Sidebar tab, I see under Locations:

 

my iMac

Hard Disks

External Disks

CDs, DVDs, ...

Bonjour Computers

ConnectedServers

 

(this is running macOS 10.15.7)

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maxymouse
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
rovf wrote:

I don't have the mentioned "Cloud Storage" entry in my Finder/Preferences

 

(this is running macOS 10.15.7)

I think the Cloud Storage thing was only implemented in recent versions of macOS (13 or so). So I don't think this issue is relevant to your operating system.

 

 

  • doujouDC's avatar
    doujouDC
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Hey All,

     

    I have the same issue. Dropbox used to appear as an option to check in my Finder settings. It no longer appears after recent update. Google and OneDrive are showing, just missing Dropbox?

     

    BTW, Dropbox is working as some of the folders near the top of my screenshot are from Dropbox. I can access the files if I click in one of those folders

     

     

     

     

    • doujouDC's avatar
      doujouDC
      New member | Level 2
      3 years ago

      Update….I updated the app and it now appears as a cloud location 

       

      Weird!!!

       

       

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