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dropitlikeitshot1
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago
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Sync icons no longer appear in Finder after upgrading

I recently upgraded to Ventura 13.2 and updated the Dropbox App to V166.4.2920   I am using Dropbox backup. My files are still syncing, but the sync icons are no longer showing up in Finder.   I ...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Thanks for this, Cody!

     

    Can you also try giving Dropbox full disk access to see if that helps?

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Thanks for this, Cody!

 

Can you also try giving Dropbox full disk access to see if that helps?

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Cody_P
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi Hannah,

 

Granted DB full disk access but no differences with the sync icons.

 

I'm going to do the full re-install tonight. Will let you know if that works!

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Thanks, Cody, will be looking forward to your reply!

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    Cody_P
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    So it seems as though granting full disk access did the trick. I think it must not have fully refreshed permissions until I did a system restart over the weekend (which I had thought I had done right away).

     

    Thanks for the suggestion!

     

     

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