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Finder context menu missing for Dropbox files on macOS
Hi everyone — after migrating from an iMac to a Mac mini 2024 (M4, 32GB), Dropbox sync works but Finder integration is gone. I first saw this on macOS Sequoia 15.5 and I’ve since updated to macOS Tahoe 26.1 with no change. Online-only files in my Dropbox folder show as 0 KB and download/open fine on double-click, but there are no Dropbox right-click options in Finder (no “Make available offline”, no “Online-only”, no Dropbox submenu). Tried: enabling Dropbox File Provider in Login Items & Extensions, granting Full Disk Access, relaunching Finder/rebooting, and full uninstall + reinstall from Dropbox .dmg. Still missing. I even contacted Dropbox Support and they haven't given me any solutions yet. Has anyone found a fix or workaround to restore the Finder context menu actions? Thanks!
The desktop app isn't booting up automatically on Mac OS, and there's two Dropbox folders
i have three mac computers running same software and configurations - all on latest tahoe - all have dropbox on them and until recently all logged dropbox in automatically on restart (nothing accessibility and privacy have correct settings and disk access) - i also have dropbox files on the computers and not just iCloud - multiple times have uninstalled and reinstalled dropbox to try and fix - recently i found the advanced reinstall pages on dropbox with some terminal instructions - when i went to reinstall there was for first time toggle to opt out of File Provider which i did not click - now i have two dropbox file folders - one under user name (with the complete files on computer hard drive as should be) and now one under user name/library/cloudstorage/ - trouble is when i now click on dropbox in finder that has the files but all showing in cloud only - the other one is there but in a different place in finder - worried now about files on hard drive no longer syncing correctly - and the worst is the dropbox app with still not load at startup - could really use some help and advice
Can we disable the Dropbox menu bar icon on macOS?
Is there any way at all to just get rid of the menubar icon? I keep getting red notification dots about things I don't care about at all, despite all notifications being disabled. Today it just needed to advertise a feature to me. With a red badge that looks like an error. No. Do not do this. Older threads I've found indicate that i can "simply" quit the app (which will "simply" make it stop working altogether). While I spend time trying to get support on the red dot issue, is there ANY way to just get rid of the icon altogether? I have zero use for it, it is 100% annoyance. And of course now I remember this is why I stopped using Dropbox, but surely this is not still the case?? Any help/workarounds/etc appreciated. Thanks.
The install link on the Dropbox site sometimes redirects to the beta version of the desktop app
The virtual links to download dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/download https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 sometimes (like once in 30 tries) redirect automatically to the latest BETA build instead of the latest STABLE build. No clue why, but watch these for a couple of minutes and you'll probably see build 238.3.5977 appear while true ; do curl -sI "https://www.dropbox.com/download" | grep '^location: https:' ; sleep 1.5 ; done or while true ; do curl -sI "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | grep '^location: https:' ; sleep 1.5 ; done
macOS Sequoia 15.5 - Getting a message that "The application couldn't be found", after an update.
I've been a Dropbox user for many years. Within the last few months, whenever Dropbox automatically updates on my Mac currently running macOS 15.5 I've noted that in Finder I will see a message above files in my Dropbox folder of "The application "Dropbox" could not be found." and nothing will sync, even though Dropbox is running. Rebooting my Mac seems to resolve the issue as everything works properly after a reboot and the message is gone in Finder. This seems like a recent bug as Dropbox didn't do this for many years on my Macs. I'm not sure how to prevent the issue from happening the next time an update rolls out, or what to do to "fix" this as an end user other than a reboot. It's not the end of the world, but it's a regression and is a bit annoying.
