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Mac OS – files duplicated in Dropbox folder cannot be renamed or moved, just deleted.
To those Mac and Dropbox users still suffering this annoyance, there is a slightly easier way to resolve it than having to repeatedly quit the Dropbox app. In a Mac desktop window, click on the folder containing the duplicated file. Right click or ctrl click it. In the pop-up menu select 'Make available offline'. That resolves the issue for me for all files in that folder. It's as if Dropbox is unable to set the default for duplicated files on Mac to 'Available offline', even though that option is selected in 'Sync and storage'.
I deleted the Dropbox folder off my laptop, and now loads of files are gone
I was unaware that my laptop was set up to file sync with Dropbox, which had automatically set itself up to house my Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders. I didn't actively use Dropbox, and didn't have the app download on my laptop, so when I deleted a folder on my laptop that was called Dropbox and said "No data", I thought that would be fine. Since, I've lost access to my Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders, and none of the data that was within these folders can be found in the Dropbox trash when I log in online. Completely baffled, and pretty heartbroken to have lost years worth of music that I'd made. I back up my laptop, but since it was all stored in a file sync, even if I go back using the Time Machine, there is no data to restore. It seems it all relied on this Dropbox sync, which seems to be empty. Any ideas on what I can do? Absolutely gutted.
What does the "Delete from your Dropbox account and all devices" message mean?
Using the macOS desktop app. I'm deleting files from Dropbox via Finder like I do in non-Dropbox folders. Please explain what it's asking simply, I do not understand and do not want to do something that I don't want it to do like finding the file on my hard drive and deleting it in a different non-Dropbox folder (which is what it sounds like to me but doesn't really make sense). Thank you.
Apps create conflicted recursive copies of their contents filling my drive
Application Affected Dropbox Device Various Macs Operating System/Browser (if using the web) macOS Tahoe 26.2 and various Macs on lower versions Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 238.4.6075 Question or Issue For the second time now, I've found a file in a Dropbox folder that recursively keeps adding conflicted copies of itself in the app package. See a sample below of a partial transcript of my deletion attempt in macOS terminal: Amazon Kindle.app/Contents/PlugIns/SendToKindle (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-09) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-10) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-15) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-16) (David Kaplan' ( (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-19).appex Amazon Kindle.app/Contents/PlugIns/SendToKindle (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-07) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-11) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-12 1) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-16 1) (David Ka (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-19 15).appex Amazon Kindle.app/Contents/PlugIns/SendToKindle (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-07 2) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-08) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-09 1) (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-11) (David Kaplan (David Kaplan's conflicted copy 2025-12-13).appex There were hundreds or thousands of these (I have no idea, but I'm getting disk warnings that my drive is getting full). These were consecutive in the terminal session I use to recursively delete the sub programs... Even more interesting the two times this has happened, the files were in a data folder, not in a folder I would use for executing them. Being that this is on Dropbox, I've had to stop syncing on my 6 Macs, delete the files before I can turn syncing on again. At the moment a deletion attempt is still running after deleting over 165,000 items in that file. When this file creation happens it really slows down my computer. Also stranger, is that I don't have a "Amazon Kindle.app" in my Applications folder. I use a "Kindle.app" The first time this happened it was with a completely different program, not Kindle. What more info can I provide?
My storage is full. How can I remove my Backup?
Dropbox informs me, that my free account is full. I had previously made a complete back up of my Mac on Dropbox. However, I can't find the back up on Dropbox in order to delete it. I have the app on my Mac. I'm not interested in upgrading. Help anyone?
Some of my files appear as 0 bytes and I can't open them/restore a previous version.
Hello All, Starting sometime this week, a large number of files in one of my folders are showing as "0 bytes" and I obviously cannot read them. I'm synchronising the folder with my mac, and thought maybe my mac corrupted the files? (I definitely did not use those files in the past months). I thought to 'recover' them from the dropbox.com site by going to "Version History" for each file but when I click on that I get to an error page: Error Something went wrong. Don’t worry, your files are still safe and the Dropbox team has been notified. Check out our Status Page to see if there is a known incident, our help center and forums for help, or head back to home. So I am also not sure how to recover these files? Very strange
