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Desktop App on Mac Sonoma 14 will not open even after reinstall
The desktop app on my Mac won't open. I uninstalled Dropbox and reinstalled it and still get the following message which I can see outlines a problem but as I don't know how to solve it doesn't really help me. Does anyone have any ideas? It had been working absolutely fine and I'm not exactly sure when the issue first arose as I don't use Dropbox every day. I'm running Mac Sonoma 14.0.
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 194.4.6267
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 69
bn.is_frozen: True
It goes on to give further details of the paths and users and passwords and then ends up with this:
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 235, in client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 283, in _create_thin_client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/fs_api_adapter.py", line 50, in __init__
File "desktop/extensions/fs_api/fs_api_python.pyx", line 63, in fs_api_python.FsApiServer.__cinit__
fs_api_python.FsApiError: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing application filesystem |>> Attempting to initialize dbx cache directory |>> open syscall |>> OS reported a potential deadlock"
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 878, in wrapper
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6719, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "desktop/dropbox/client/message_queue.py", line 306, in _wrapped
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6181, in _init_components_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6104, in create_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.py", line 225, in make_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.py", line 243, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.py", line 284, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.py", line 240, in __init__
File "../mac_x86_64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 967, in __get__
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 259, in client
dropbox.fs_api.lifecycle.FsApiClientCreationException: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing application filesystem |>> Attempting to initialize dbx cache directory |>> open syscall |>> OS reported a potential deadlock"
Hi WriterGirl, thanks for posting on the Community!
When saying that you reinstalled the Dropbox app on your device, did you perform an advanced reinstall by any chance?
I’d also like you to take a look at this thread and let me know if it helps with your issue, as the OP was seeing a similar error to yours.
Let me know how it goes.
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hi WriterGirl, thanks for posting on the Community!
When saying that you reinstalled the Dropbox app on your device, did you perform an advanced reinstall by any chance?
I’d also like you to take a look at this thread and let me know if it helps with your issue, as the OP was seeing a similar error to yours.
Let me know how it goes.
Hi Nancy
initially I tried an advanced reinstall but wasn’t able to complete it. But I followed the instructions you gave and this has now resolved the issue.
many thanks
WG
- Nancy
I’m happy to hear that, WriterGirl! I’ll be here, if you need something else.
- Jay
Hi WriterGirl, what is the error log you're getting when attempting to install the Dropbox desktop application?
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 197.4.7571
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 71
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 2e462014-f357-59e1-9375-29c49f048e25
pid: 64567
ppid: 1
uid: 504
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='***', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=504, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='***, pw_dir='/Users/***', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='***', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=504, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='***', pw_dir='/Users/***', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 504
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/sheila'
appdata: '/Users/***/.dropbox/instance2'i think it’s the same message as I got before. Thanks. WG
- Jay
Do you have the bottom half of the log, as this will help determine where the error lies?
