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Aurora S.'s avatar
Aurora S.
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago

The dark mode for Dropbox resets on my macOS desktop app whenever I restart my device.

Hello Dropbox people. I see the setting is now in the Mac App but it doesn't work until you open the settings. So this means if you reboot your computer, or quit and restart DropBox, it goes back to ...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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2 months ago

Do you have it set on the dark theme, or the system setting in the Dropbox desktop application preferences?

  • Aurora S.'s avatar
    Aurora S.
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 months ago

    I tried both ways, makes no difference. My system is dark.

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      2 months ago

      When performing the advanced reinstallation did you follow the Terminal commands to clear any previous configuration files?

      • Aurora S.'s avatar
        Aurora S.
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 months ago

        Yes. As stated above, after the uninstall, when I reinstalled I had to set everything up again and everything had to be downloaded again. The interface was dark. But as soon as I quit and reopened DropBox, it went light again, as shown in the screen recording.

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