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Daniella1
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
DropBox App not opening. Only Finder opens.
I work on a Mac. Whenever I click the Dropbox desktop app, finder opens instead of the app. Because of this I also cannot get to the preferences of the app either. Even if I right click the app on th...
- 4 years ago
I had to restart my computer to get the Dropbox app to open (in order to get to preferences), but I was able to change it to opening on the Desktop app, so I am hoping that worked!
meecs
New member | Level 2
I'm having this issue too! Anyone have ideas on how to fix it? When I go into preferences I don't get have "open folders in" as an option.
Mark
3 years agoSuper User II
Unfortunately meecs this is a change in the product - the Dropbox software you saw on the computer was depreciated on the 17th of Jan. As such the only choice and option now is to open finder.
- meecs3 years agoNew member | Level 2
Got it, thanks for the 411! Do you know if Dropbox plans to release a new version? The finder one is not as clean/intuitive 🙂
(And how did you find out this one was removed? I was digging but couldn't spot any notifications.)
- aewen3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
They had a notification on the Dropbox App right before they made the change. It was just a heads up that the change was coming. Haven't heard of any future changes.
- meecs3 years agoNew member | Level 2
Strange, I never got it. Thanks! I hope they do release it again...
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