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JefW
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7 years ago

Mac osx - strange extra files appearing when downloading files directly.

Just had a strange issue with some files that I directly downloaded from our DB folders. On the website, I went to one of my shared folders from another team member, and clicked on 2 files (illustra...
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JefW
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7 years ago

Thanks Daphne, 
Opened up a new browser (Firefox - initial browser was Chrome), and yes same exact issue. 
Downloading files from my one user (not shared) also produced the same results.
There was no need to clear browser cache on firefox since it was the first time I've ever visited DB on that browser.
Incognito window produced the same results as well (using different files too).
Thoughts?


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Daphne
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7 years ago
Hey there JefW,
 
So after looking into this in a bit more depth on my side, the "__MACOSX” folder contains the metadata of the files and is a “hidden folder”. This folder won’t be seen on OS X 10.13 or higher but for other operating systems you will see this hidden folder when unzipping.
 
I’d suggest for anymore specific info about this that it might be better to either do a quick web search or contact Apple Support perhaps, as this is an OS related behaviour rather than specifically with Dropbox they should have a better understanding.
 
I hope this points you in the right direction - Thanks!

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