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Moving files on my desktop to the trash deletes them immediately instead.
I am running Dropbox Backup. On MacOS, when I drag a file on my desktop to the trash, it is deleted automatically. In other words, it does not appear in the trash in case I want to recover it later. I get a warning that says "This item will be deleted immediately. You can't undo this action." When the same file is in any other folder or location on my computer besides the Desktop, and I drag it to the trash, the behavior is normal - the files goes into the trash where I can see it and recover it if need be. I am running Dropbox Backup on Sequoia 15.2 on a 2020 M1 Macbook Air. Any thoughts?
Dropbox Finder Extension not showing correct status
I recently had the Dropbox Finder Extension show some items in my Dropbox as available. Not synced. I restarted Dropbox. No change. I quit the Dropbox Finder extension. That didn't help. I quit and restarted Finder. Now my Dropbox items have nothing beside them. I did a full computer restart. My Dropbox items STILL have nothing beside them. Did I find a bug? Or did I just kaput my install?Root folder control removed from Finder in Dropbox Business
The business version of Dropbox no longer allows users to add or remove folders in Finder from the root Dropbox folder. This change was just applied to my account, but I came across a thread from 10 months ago — now closed — where many other users expressed similar frustration, with no clear reasoning provided. I’m genuinely curious why Dropbox would choose to make the root folder essentially unusable outside of their website. As a workaround, we’ve created a single folder inside the root, which we now use as our working root folder to maintain our existing workflow. But honestly, it feels ridiculous that this workaround is even necessary. Could someone from Dropbox explain the reasoning behind this change? My first guess was that it might be a safeguard against accidentally deleting important folders — but that doesn’t really hold up, since users can still easily delete folders inside a makeshift root folder in Finder.
File deletions occasionally fail in Dropbox
Observed when processing files with a Python script of my own, but likely to be a nuisance to developers of any software, that allows you to store files in arbitrary locations. A common pattern when modifying files is to first write them to a temporary file in the same directory (ensuring that it is on the same physical drive) and then replacing the original file with the modified file. This pattern gives safety against data corruption, if the program fails while creating the new version of the file. In Python, that translates in the simplest case to: tempfile = file.with_suffix(file.suffix + ".tmp") tempfile.write_text("hello world") tempfile.replace(file) On Windows, I find that this pattern frequently fails with an error like PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'E:\\Dropbox\\tmp\\test.txt' but only for files in Dropbox. This means that any script I write must allow for retrying the .replace() step. To give a more complete, read-to use, example I provide the subsequent script, which repeatedly performs the pattern both in %TEMP% and in E:\Dropbox\tmp. On my System, Dropbox is on E:\Dropbox, so that part has to be adjusted for anyone trying the script. For me, the script rarely manages more than 8 repetitions. import os from pathlib import Path TEMPFILE_DIR = Path(os.getenv("TEMP")) DROPBOX_ROOT = Path("E:/Dropbox") # Adjust for you system, usually C:/Users/Username/Dropbox" def main(): tempdirfile = TEMPFILE_DIR / "tmp.txt" dropboxfile = Path("E:/Dropbox/tmp/test.txt") i = 0 while True: i += 1 print(i) for file in (tempdirfile, dropboxfile): # file.unlink() # would solve in most cases, but still fails every few hundred attempts # # also defeats the purpose of using the pattern in the first place tempdirfile.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) tempfile = file.with_suffix(".txt.tmp") tempfile.write_text(TEXT) print("In {}: {} -> {}".format(file.parent, file.name, tempfile.name)) tempfile.replace(file) TEXT = """ Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris justo purus, pharetra quis ornare in, tincidunt et odio. Sed pulvinar lorem vel justo vestibulum aliquet. Nunc et nisi dui. Cras tempus lacus ac quam imperdiet mattis. Maecenas tristique dui vel orci condimentum volutpat. Quisque ut mauris metus. Fusce libero metus, luctus eget sagittis a, venenatis et ex. Aenean purus tellus, feugiat et libero vel, congue elementum tellus. Cras at interdum nulla. Ut ut nunc id nibh lacinia dapibus quis id turpis. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum eu iaculis sapien. Fusce lobortis massa at molestie posuere. """ if __name__ == "__main__": main()
Dropbox app is disappearing from my Mac repeatedly, why?
I have been using Dropbox for years without any problems at all. However it has disappeared from my Mac 5 or 6 times in the last month and there is no logical reason why - it just goes. I then have to re-download the app. Any idea why and how this can be stopped? I began a thread on this last week and had one response from Dropbox asking a question that I answered but I never heard back. Not good. I need some assistance with this please!Dropbox has changed the file organization on my computer
Hello, Can anyone help me with navigating files on my computer? Since I tried to install Dropbox all my files have been addressed different. On power shell and command line I can't get to some folders because dropbox has other folders with the same name and I don't how to navigate to the directories and folders I want? Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.
I deleted a backup, but it is still using storage. Why?
Hey all, I recently deleted a backup of an old external drive from the Windows client. This should have freed up storage in my account - however, it is still using the same 608MB, even after waiting for two days. There are no files in the "Deleted files" section either. What do I have to do to free up that storage?I can't copy and paste folders from my desktop app and I don't see Dropbox options for my files.
Dear all, I would really appreciate your help in advance. I am using Dropbox on my desktop using the desktop app. For some reason, I cannot copy and paste folders within my Dropbox (it says it is copying and pasting the folder but the progress stays at 0%). The same symptom happens when I also copy a folder from Dropbox to Gdrive. Also, when I right click the dropbox file, I do not see dropbox related actions. This is really frustrating me. Please help!!! Sincerely, HJP
Error opening and editing any file saved in a shared folder.
When we try to open the file it pop up with the error saying attached screenshot for better understanding. After logout and login still the same, we uninstall and install the dropbox app still the same error. Final we remove the users permission from share folder and then later we added the shared folder.
