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jvfederico
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago
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Permissions Error upon Upgrade to Mac Monterey

I just updated to Mac OS Monterey on my MacBook Pro (Mid 2015) and now Dropbox doesn't work anymore. Specifically, I get an error message saying that Dropbox can't start because, "This is usually bec...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    4 years ago
    Thanks for sending over the requested screenshot, Michelle!

    Have you tried to perform an advanced reinstall, by any chance? 

    If not, please give that a go and let me know how it goes.

    Cheers.
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Erik Toussaint
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Hei Joan,

I'm afraid 'accesibility' is in may places on my iMac. I think I managed to unlock (clicked on the lock), but can't find the 'accesibility' option where I can indicate 'Full disk Access'. Where did you find it?

Cheers, Erik

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Jay
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4 years ago
Hi Erik Toussaint, you can find these settings by following these steps.

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