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QuickLook is flickering on Mac OS
Integration Affected Finder Device MacBook Air, M3, 16GB RAM Operating System/Browser (if using the web) macOS Tahoe 26.2 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 242.3.5699 Question or Issue I have been having the same issue as described in this thread for at least 1 month. It makes Quick Look (and therefore Finder) really awful to use. If you try to QuickLook or preview a pdf, image, etc. the quicklook state resets and refreshes. For example, I navigate in Finder to a pdf in my dropbox. I press SPACE to quicklook the item. I scroll down the PDF. The QuickLook resets/refreshes and I lose my place in the document. There is a huge impact on everyday tasks. Troubleshooting efforts: I viewed this topic and followed the suggestions there. It did not help. If I quit the Dropbox app, the issue persists. I found something really interesting. If I look at the Path Bar at the bottom of Finder, the folder icons keep changing several times per second (matching the flickering in QuickLook). Sometimes the icons in the Path Bar show as blank gray squares with dashed outlines or Green folders with check marks. It appears that these mini icons are constantly changing. If I disable the Path Bar, then the flickering stops in the quicklook. Again this happens in the Dropbox section of Finder, and not elsewhere. I've shown an example of the two options I see flicker on the Path Bar. Again the file previews and quicklooks flicker also, which is more problematic. I point out the Path Bar as a potentially useful piece of information to determine the problem. Thank you!
Every time I open my Dropbox folder the tray window pops open
Question or Issue I am using an HP laptop running windows 11 with the Dropbox app downloaded Recently, every time I open Dropbox, a box with my history pops up - SEE BELOW This is REALLY annoying, as I can't access my folders list which is hidden behind it. I have to keep tapping things until it disappears! How do I stop it appearing please?
I can't change the Dropbox web column headers
I was able to add Size header to my columns on Dropbox website last year sometime. But now when I go there to switch my List view column headers, I no longer get the inverted caret. However, I get it with Grid view and Large Grid view. Where did it go? It's the same in Safari as in Chrome. Application Affected Dropbox website Device MacBook Pro Operating System/Browser (if using the web) macOS Sequoia 15.7.4 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) NA
Mobile app on iOS frozen due to an ad pop-up
hi, I have recently found that when opening my dropbox app on my iPhone 16 pro, after about 5 secs the screen is filled with the dropbox advert 'Try the best of Dropbox for free' this covers the whole screen and there is no way of shutting it down. See the screenshot below. Any suggestions apart from the normal, log out log back in again, would be gratefully received. Thanks, Jill
