No Spotlight results for folders on Dropbox with Sequoia

Hi aroberts, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you clarify exactly what you're experiencing on your machine when attempting to search? Are you doing the search from within the Dropbox folder in Finder?

Do you have the Dropbox Backup feature enabled?

Any other info or screenshots would be helpful!

Search function on Mac Sequoia 15.1 immediately defaults to "This Mac", finds the folder on Dropbox in the thread, but doesn't actually search the Dropbox heading without leaving the Dropbox search heading.

I'm facing the same issue

Hey Mikeyluv and JoostvG, thanks for letting us know about this.

Which Dropbox version are you using?

Is your Dropbox folder located in ~/Library/CloudStorage?

Just upgraded to Sequoia and I have the same issue.  When I sign into Dropbox in a browser all my files are there, but the finder will no longer show them in search.  I got a message popup when my Mac restarted after installation - that said something about Dropbox not being compatible and might not work and that the developers needed to update it.  But I can't remember the exact message and dismissed it as a warning... not as it not being able to search anymore!

I don't because I actually have all of my files on Dropbox, with many of them exclusively on Dropbox to save space on my computer.  I solved the issue with Spotlight not searching Dropbox by eliminating Dropbox from the permissions for search and then re-adding it.  This caused the computer to re-index the files on Dropbox and the issue was solved.

I have the same issue. I have Sequoia 15.1.1 and Dropbox 213.4.4597. When I search, Finder does not show files in Dropbox, but when I look online at Dropbox, the files are there. Has anyone solved this issue??

Hey Beth122, thanks for letting us know.

If you navigate to those files within the Dropbox folder in your Finder, are you able to see them?

I also have the same problem. Only Started when updated to Sequoia 15.1.
updated to Sequoia 15.2, with no effect.  Issue is still there (Dropblox  v214.4.5217)

DB Files are in the finder, but Spotlight is just not able to search for them or is only able to search for recently accessed files...  

I have re-indexed spotlight, Seems to work for a while until I restart my mac, Then it goes back to minimal search results in spotlight.... And then I have to re-index all over again to make it work...

Has anyone solved this issue?? Dropbox please help

You have to actually delete Dropbox in the Mac privacy settings, wait 10 seconds, and then add it back.  It will then permanently index all of Dropbox.  It has worked ever since.