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peteratdrome
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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Problem with Blender 3d and MacOS Beta

Hi

 

I just updated to the MacOS Dropbox BETA on Monterey 12.6.3, and it all seem to be working perfectly, except for a problem with Blender 3D 3.4.

 

Blender seems to use a non standard file manager, maybe part of its cross platform development base, I assume.

 

 

When I try to access my newly moved dropbox files (ie everything) from inside Blender I cannot get into the root dropbox folder. I can get to it via /users/user/library/cloudstorage but I cannot get further than that. This effects everything involving file diologues: open, save, export, import, linked textures, etc

 

I've tried setting up alias that go directly to points further within the file hierarchy, but they always just lead me to the root folder and stop me there.

 

I can double click on blender files within dropbox in the finder and they open fine, but if I try to save them they can't save back to dropbox.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to fix or get around this? Do I need symlinks rather than aliases, or is there some sort of permission I need to set?

 

Cheers Peter

 

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey peteratdrome, thanks for reaching out to us.

     

    Since your Dropbox folder is now in ~/Library/CloudStorage, there are some things you need to know about this version of the Dropbox app.

     

    Specifically, when it comes to some third party apps, might need to be allowed access as seen here, so that you can use them properly.

     

    Let me know how it goes.

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

    We're glad to hear it's sorted now and thanks for keeping us in the loop too, Daniel.

     

    See you around the Community and take care!

  • Unicorny's avatar
    Unicorny
    New member | Level 1
    10 months ago

    Hi, 

    Sadly even after granting Blender and Dropbox access to all files, Blender still does not see Dropbox volume neither does the Cloud Storage file appears in Library... 

    What can be done ? 

    Thank you ! 

     

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    10 months ago

    Hi Unicorny, regarding the CloudStorage issue, in order to look into this matter in more detail, I'd recommend contacting the support team directly for them to investigate further.

    When that is resolved, that might help with the Blender issue you're experiencing.

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