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Niamh 's avatar
Niamh
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

Dropbox desktop app not working on MacOS Sonoma 14.5

my desktop app stopped working, when I click the home icon it continually says "connecting components" without ever getting there. any changes I make to files on my desktop are not visible in the onl...
Desktop
Error Messages
Mac
Setting up the apps
Andalfin's avatar
Andalfin
New member | Level 1
6 days ago

I am having the same issue after updating. Now I updated Mac OSX to 15.1 and re-installed Dropbox. The issue still persists.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    6 days ago

    Sorry to hear that, Andalfin. If you’re also seeing the "connecting components” message that’s mentioned in the OP, can you send me a screenshot of it, so that I can have a look?

    What's the current app version of your Dropbox app?

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