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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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obsidianspider
Explorer | Level 4
5 days ago

For what it's worth, this problem is back again today with v238.4.6075. I had to manually quit Dropbox twice today. An Advanced Reinstall did not fix the issue.

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    dhershdb
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 days ago

    Nancy​ - Same here. The advanced reinstall only appears to have been a temporary fix.

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