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Black_Cat
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3 years ago

What is com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent and can I delete it?

I’m currently running macOS 12.7.1 Monterey.   I found an old, broken reference to a file named com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent   Apparently this file used to be used to automatically ...
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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey Black_Cat - thanks for the clarifications and the screenshots too.

 

We do not recommend deleting it, as it's still used to auto-update Dropbox, and this can likely interfere with Dropbox’s ability to update. 

 

I hope this helps!

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Black_Cat
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
@walter

Ok.

WHERE is com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent !?!

I can’t find it in ~/Library

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