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ptetta's avatar
ptetta
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Dropbox not searchable in MacOS Ventura 13.1

Since the recent Dropbox update, I can no longer search for files in Dropbox on my Mac.  I have been using Dropbox for over 10 years and have never had this problem before.  It's making life extremel...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey vmkirin and bri_guy, I actually moved our thread to this one, since it's about the same issue.

     

    You might want to take a look at the solution on this thread, to see if that works for you as well.

Dale Gardiner's avatar
Dale Gardiner
New member | Level 2
Dropbox we need a fix or at least some communication!
If I can’t search my files I can’t continue with Dropbox.

I tried the option above of reindexing my whole hard drive on my Mac. No luck. 😞
Dale Gardiner's avatar
Dale Gardiner
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
Thanks for replying.
After reindexing my whole Mac hard drive as above I did the Dropbox folder again.
Sort of improved. Not perfect but better. I think. Thanks
  • ceedee's avatar
    ceedee
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Just adding: it worked for me – thanks so much!

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