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dschwartz44
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2 months ago

The Dropbox app doesn't launch automatically upon startup on my Mac.

My dropbox will not load automatically on  my mac when I start the computer.  It used to, why did it stop and how do I set it up to do it automatically?
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dschwartz44's avatar
dschwartz44
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

It is set to automatically start at login but is not doing so.  No icon s hows up in the upper right corner of the screen.

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Megan
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2 months ago

Hi dschwartz44 - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you please let us know the OS version on your Mac?

If I got this one right, and since you're also missing the little Dropbox icon, can you try uninstalling the Dropbox app on your computer, and then reinstalling it?

If you haven’t tried this yet though, I’d like you to open your app preferences and unselect - reselect the option to launch Dropbox upon your device’s startup. Do you encounter the same behavior after that? 

Let me know of any updates!

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