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DHK
11 months agoCollaborator | Level 8
The desktop app crashes on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS 15.3
I have a continuing problem on a MacBook Pro running the latest 15.3 Sonoma with Dropbox Plus. Periodically I will look for the Dropbox icon in my menu bar and it will not be there, and Activity Monitor says it is not running either. I'll start the Dropbox app again, and it will be visible in the menu bar until the next time it isn't. Seems to be random time lengths. Thoughts?
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- sbahles10 months agoHelpful | Level 5
I'm having the same problem as others in this thread. Dropbox silently quitting. I am on the latest release of dropbox 219.4.4463 and on Sequoia 15.3.1
- Hannah10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Octave Music.
Does the app restart on its own after it silently crashes? Or are you manually restarting it?
Does restarting your computer help at all?
- Octave Music10 months agoHelpful | Level 5
Dropbox is AGAIN silently quitting a few times per day for the last 2 or 3 days. It was working PERFECTLY when it was on version 219.4.4463.
Mine is now on version 220.4.4126 and as I said, it has closed itself down at least twice in the last 24 hours with no crash log or notification of any kind.
I wonder what has changed between those two versions over the last 2 weeks? - Megan10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey nraihani, I just created a new ticket on my end for you.
I went with that route since your case might need to be escalated, but I'd like to have a closer look into this.
Reply back to me, and we'll take it from there!
- nraihani10 months agoHelpful | Level 5
Hi Hannah
Thanks for the reply. I'm a little confused why I've been asked twice on this thread to provide the ticket number associated with my previous support request in that case? The reason I've been commenting here is because it seems like this could be a more pervasive issue with Mac users and the desktop app - is anyone looking into that at a more systemic level in Dropbox or is it just a case of individual users trying to work it out themselves? Any info on what is being done (or not!) would be helpful as i've already been through the support process once with no real outcome. I'm happy to try it again but not that hopeful of getting it resolved since it wasn't last time. Thanks - Nichola
- Hannah10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey nraihani, thanks for the nudge here and sorry to hear about your experience.
Since here on the Community we don't have visibility into your account info and in order to have this investigated further, I'd definitely suggest contacting our support team directly.
I understand this is a process you went through before, but it's the best way to have your issue investigated in a manner that's specific to your particular issue.
Let us know when you have a new ticket number.
- nraihani10 months agoHelpful | Level 5
hi there, just want to check whether there has been any update on this issue? i have a new thing to report which is that dropbox icon is gone from my toolbar (which is usually a sign that dropbox has silently closed itself). however the files do seem to be syncing to the cloud. is this normal? does the little app icon not need to be visible any more for the app to be working in the background? and does this mean that the issue has potentially been resolved??
i left my support ticket number in a reply when someone asked me (again...) whether i had contacted support about this and have heard nothing back. would really appreciate someone in dropbox taking this seriously and looking into why the app keeps closing on mac as it is a real pain to move my entire cloud storage to icloud, because of it being more difficult to collaborate with colleagues using dropbox etc. thanks for any support.
- Megan10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Octave Music!
Good to hear that (or read in our case)! 😀
Keep an eye out, and if you need anything else, just give us a shout.
- Octave Music10 months agoHelpful | Level 5
I just finished an 18 hour work day...and DropBox did not crash once today!
I noticed on the menu bar, after hovering over the DropBox icon that the software version changed. Mine is now at Ver 219.4.4463
When I posted in this forum 3 days ago, it was at Ver. 218.4.4348.Fingers crossed that perhaps the new version that got pushed out has remedied this issue?
- nraihani10 months agoHelpful | Level 5
yes, i did all that when i first sought support from Dropbox. It didn't change anything. I've actually just cancelled my dropbox professional subscription - i think i'll try icloud for a while given that there doesn't seem to be a fix for this issue and from this thread (and discussions with my colleagues) it sounds like it is fairly widespread. if you manage to work out why the app is silently closing on mac devices, please let me know and i will be happy to come back.
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