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quale
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Notifications for updates on folders do not appear on my MacBook

Hi, I know that a lot of people are annoyed by constant barrage of notification banners, but i face the reverse problem. I don't see dropbox notifications on my mac (its been so for a couple of years...
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quale
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

 I now see the following. and when i try to open dropbox it says You can’t open the application “Dropbox” because it is in the Trash.


Update: Dropbox magically opened and sync done. BUt i have two dropbox folders and one where it says it is unlinked. 

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Nancy
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2 years ago

Hi from me as well, quale. Do all of these folders contain the exact same files/folders? 

 

Can you send me a screenshot of them? If there are any filenames you don’t want us to see, feel free to mask them beforehand.

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