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jercosta1's avatar
jercosta1
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Problem accessing dropbox in the MacBook terminal.

Is anybody having some similar problem? I'm using MacBook Pro Mac OS Sonoma version 14.1.2. Everything works fine in finder but no in terminal.

 

7 Replies

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Thanks for posting on our forum, jercosta1

     

    Can you send over a screenshot of what you see exactly on your end? 

     

    Let me known when you’re ready.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Hi jercosta1, we've not heard of any reports similar to this. 

     

    Are you certain that the Dropbox folder is located there? On Mac OS, your Dropbox folder might be located in the CloudStorage location.

  • jercosta1's avatar
    jercosta1
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Hi Jay

     

    It is true. The Dropbox folder is now in  ~/Library/CloudStorage. However, I could not figure out how to access the files via command line in a command terminal. Is it something not possible anymore?

     

    Jercosta1

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Accessing files via the command line isn't something we fully support. However, since your Dropbox folder is in the CloudStorage location, are you not able to reach that location via the command link?

  • JoeC3's avatar
    JoeC3
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Since when? I'm having the exact same problem. I *can* however view the files in the CloudStorage folder of my GoogleDrive account.

     

  • JoeC3's avatar
    JoeC3
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    I fixed it. The issue is the extra layer of security in macOS.

     

    In my case, I'm using iTerm. 

     

    Settings-> Privacy & Security -> Full Disk Access

    Turn on iTerm

     

     

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