Beta Build 148.3.4469

[clientreleases]

Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes.

Features in this update: 

• We're transitioning to using GUIDs to manage the taskbar icon.
  • Some users will notice their taskbar icon position preferences will not be remembered during the transition.

• Optimization of large uploads has resumed after restart of the Dropbox client.
• Transfers can now be sent by link or email during the creation process.
• Sharing of backup content within the Dropbox desktop app has been suppressed.
  • Sharing of non-backup content within the Dropbox desktop app remains the same.

 
Fixes in this update: 

• A typo has been corrected in the alert dialogue prompted when users attempt to start backup for a team account with admin disabled.
• Issues with changing folders for an external drive backup when the folder name contains # has been fixed.

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[Mark]

YAYAYAY!!! 

[infektdubstep]

Thanks for including a changelog!

[Rich]

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@clientreleases wrote:

Features in this update: 

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[Michael B.10]

What is the correct way of reporting bugs?

I am using this build on my M1 MacBook Air and my Dropbox folder has been migrated to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox

All is working OK (after reconfiguring third party apps that sync with Dropbox, to use the new location).

One of these apps is Moneydance which writes transaction details to a syncstore folder on Dropbox.

I have set the folder containing the Moneydance files to "Make available offline" but I keep finding files inside it are online only with a cloud+arrow icon.

[Michael B.10]

Getting message "Couldn't start Dropbox" after reboot.

Message says "Contact Dropbox Support with the following info for help", then a link which gives this in a Textedit file:

M1 MacBook Air running macOS 12.3.1

bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox

bn.VERSION: 148.3.4469

bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 52

bn.is_frozen: True

machine_id: 883b0b47-fb95-5df6-8abb-17dae7f4ec70

pid: 883

ppid: 1

uid: 501

user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='michaelb', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='michaelb', pw_dir='/Users/michaelb', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')

effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='michaelb', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='michaelb', pw_dir='/Users/michaelb', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')

euid: 501

gid: 20

egid: 20

group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'lesleyb'])

effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'lesleyb'])

DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None

cwd: '/'

     real_path='/'

            mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0

     parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0

HOME: '/Users/michaelb'

appdata: '/Users/michaelb/.dropbox/instance4'

         real_path='/Users/michaelb/.dropbox/instance4'

                mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20

         parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20

dropbox_path: '/Users/michaelb/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'

              real_path='/Users/michaelb/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'

                    mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20

              parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20

sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'

                real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'

                      mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20

                parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20

trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'

                real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'

                      not found

                parent not found

tempdir: '/var/folders/b2/rhfx9y3s6tbdm28tk6n2pm7w0000gn/T'

         real_path='/private/var/folders/b2/rhfx9y3s6tbdm28tk6n2pm7w0000gn/T'

                mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20

         parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 836, in wrapper

  File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6618, in finish_dropbox_boot

  File "dropbox/client/message_queue.pyc", line 311, in _wrapped

  File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6140, in _init_components_for_account

  File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6064, in create_sync_engine

  File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 225, in make_sync_engine

  File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 252, in __init__

  File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.pyc", line 259, in __init__

  File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.pyc", line 157, in __init__

  File "dropbox/sync_root/fp_helpers.pyc", line 90, in fp_get_temporary_url

dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno 4099] Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "Error while sending temporaryDirectoryWithCompletionHandler:" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=Error while sending temporaryDirectoryWithCompletionHandler:, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000cb67c0 {Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named com.apple.FileProvider was invalidated from this process." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The connection to service named com.apple.FileProvider was invalidated from this process.}}}

[Michael B.10]

After writing the previous post, I launched Dropbox form the apps folder, and it started OK. I had tried this before posting but it hadn't worked.

[DaVOLD]

When are you going to fix the Mac OS 12.3 offline files issue?

[baliya]

i will wait another 1-2 weeks and after that I will file for refund. 

In this state DP is useless on MacBook 12.3

[Michael B.10]

When are you going to fix the Mac OS 12.3 offline files issue?

This build (and several recent betas) supports the 12.3 offline files solution (ie the move to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox) but you may have sign out/uninstall/reinstall/sign in to make it happen..... as I did.