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BobF18
1 year agoHelpful | Level 5
Folders Appearing and Filling with Empty Folders Every Few Minutes on Mac OS
Dropbox has begun placing folders within folders in my Documents Folder. I'm on a new MacBook Pro running the newest operating system, and this just started up yesterday. Odd thing is I haven't use...
at71485
1 year agoHelpful | Level 5
I'm also experiencing the same issue. I deleted the folder several times, but the parent folder reappears and a new subfolder appears every three to five minutes. Also on Sonoma 14.5, but I haven't had Dropbox installed for several weeks now.
- at714851 year agoHelpful | Level 5
I believe I’ve identified the culprit. I was able to open a file in one of the randomly-created folders, and it referenced the iPadOS Weather widget. I turned off the option to Share iPad Analytics (Settings > Privacy & Security > Share iPad Analytics), and it seems like it fixed the issue. I normally have the setting off, but must have enabled it by mistake when updating to 17.5 earlier this week.
I also turned off the option to share analytics on the MBP and iPhone, and all is good (so far! 🤞).
Anyway, I hope this helps some of you.
- warp50001 year agoHelpful | Level 6
I don't seem to have this option im my Privacy & Security. There is no Share iPad Analytics available on my Mac. Am I missing something? I just went through the nearly 50 folders and there is nothing in any of them.
- at714851 year agoHelpful | Level 5
How about your Mac's analytics? System Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.
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