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Spotlight Search Doesn't Link to Files in Dropbox in macOS 13 Ventura
After upgrading to macOS Ventura, I was prompted to upgrade to "Dropbox for macOS 12". I proceeded with that, it moved my Dropbox folder to ~/Library/CloudStorage and confirmed all was successful. No...
- That’s the same problem I had. I solved it by doing a complete clean install of dropbox. You may not need to do all of this, but to be safe, in Dropbox settings Selective Sync uncheck all of your folders and wait for them to be removed from your Mac. Once that’s done, unlink your Mac from Dropbox preferences. You should see the Dropbox getting started screen. Quit Dropbox and move the app to the Trash. Remove all dropbox files from ~/Library being careful to look at the path name. Only remove things that are within a Dropbox parent folder. Look in library application support, and library preferences. Empty the Trash. Restart your Mac. Reinstall Dropbox from dropbox.com. Once reinstalled, to make things faster sync only one small folder and wait for the prompt that new Dropbox for macOS 12 is available. You should see the message within a few minutes of reinstalling Dropbox. Allow it to upgrade and migrate your files to the new location. Once that’s done you can then sync all your folders. Let your Mac index itself and the problem should be solved.
Is there any way to install an older dropbox version again to avoid that? Anyone with an old .dmg ? Someone tried that option already?
FrenchJack, you can find all the older stable builds here. I have upgraded to the latest version but not opted to have Dropbox move files into the /CloudStorage location, which seems to be working fine for me. I know some people have said that on MacOS 13.3.1, the /CloudStorage indexing works fine, but there are enough people here who are still struggling with getting it to work, so I've just left my files in the original /Dropbox location.
JoePL We have to be careful defining 'working fine' - can you go into a subfolder in dropbox and search for relevant files only in that subfolder? Thats the specific problem I'm seeing and its not related to indexing per se - thats working fine in that the entire HD can be searched for the relevant files (although thats useless for my work.... )
Even here on their website some actions dont work. I try to "like" some messages and it says "Sorry, unable to complete the action you requested." 🤣 I cant even answer to this topic without using the action "reply" to a previous message.
Anyway...
Another issue I have personally due to the new dropbox file location is that I can't use a software named "Traktor Pro 3". That's a dj software that I use for playing my music. Issue is: Traktor has no access to the library file, so I can't read the files (including all my music files of course) located in dropbox. I spent hours trying to find a solution, but I couldnt find one. It drives me crazy, I know where are the files, but I cant access them. It's like navigating into the Finder, knowing where you want to go, but you don't find the file which will allow you to arrive to your destination...
