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obsidianspider
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

macOS Sequoia 15.5 - Getting a message that "The application couldn't be found", after an update.

I've been a Dropbox user for many years. Within the last few months, whenever Dropbox automatically updates on my Mac currently running macOS 15.5 I've noted that in Finder I will see a message above...
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9elfer
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

I have the same issue... brand new Mac Book Air running Sequoia 15.5.... lost all day to trying to install dropbox, deleting, reinstalling, absolutely nothing works when trying to run the app and access setting. 

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Walter
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5 months ago

Hey 9elfer - sorry to hear about this. Could you attempt a clean, advanced reinstall and let us know how it goes?

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