Problem with Blender 3d and MacOS Beta

[peteratdrome]

Hi

I just updated to the MacOS Dropbox BETA on Monterey 12.6.3, and it all seem to be working perfectly, except for a problem with Blender 3D 3.4.

Blender seems to use a non standard file manager, maybe part of its cross platform development base, I assume.

When I try to access my newly moved dropbox files (ie everything) from inside Blender I cannot get into the root dropbox folder. I can get to it via /users/user/library/cloudstorage but I cannot get further than that. This effects everything involving file diologues: open, save, export, import, linked textures, etc

I've tried setting up alias that go directly to points further within the file hierarchy, but they always just lead me to the root folder and stop me there.

I can double click on blender files within dropbox in the finder and they open fine, but if I try to save them they can't save back to dropbox.

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to fix or get around this? Do I need symlinks rather than aliases, or is there some sort of permission I need to set?

Cheers Peter

[Hannah · Accepted solution]

Hey @peteratdrome, thanks for reaching out to us.

Since your Dropbox folder is now in ~/Library/CloudStorage, there are some things you need to know about this version of the Dropbox app.

Specifically, when it comes to some third party apps, might need to be allowed access as seen here, so that you can use them properly.

Let me know how it goes.

[peteratdrome]

Hi Hannah

that was exactly the help I needed! Much appreciated.

I needed to tick the box in Security & Privacy / Files and Folders.

All fixed.

thanks again

Peter

[Hannah]

That's great to hear, Peter, and I was happy to help!

If you need anything else, let us know.

Have a great week ahead! 🙂

[DanielXYZ]

Hi Hannah,

I got the same problem but can't tick any other boxes in system settings > files and folders than desktop, Dropbox isn't there. Can you help me further?

Best Daniel

[Nancy]

Hi @DanielXYZ! Do you mind sending over a screenshot of what you see exactly on your end? 

Let me know when you’re ready.

[DanielXYZ]

Hi Nancy, thanks for the swift response. Here a screenshot of the system settings.
In the blender interface for saving or importing files, Dropbox does simply not appear.

[Nancy]

Thanks for that, Daniel! Appreciate it. 

Have you restarted your computer, since the update took place?

Is Dropbox still not showing as an option after that?

If not, what’s the OS version of your device?

[DanielXYZ]

I did a restart, no change. The OS is Ventura 13.0.1
You can also ask more questions if that helps to speed up the process 🙂

[Nancy]

Perfect. What I’d like you to try next is to go to Privacy & Security -> Full Disk Access, click the + button, and select the app (Blender.app), which would give the app access to all folders including Dropbox. 

After that, I want you to follow this filepath ~/Library/CloudStorage and see if you can access the Dropbox folder from Blender now.