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Rachel R.2's avatar
Rachel R.2
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

"Dropbox needs to change permissions" message on startup

Lately, every time I start my Mac (OS 10.14.6) I get a message that reads (in full):  "Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder: /Users/[name]/Dropbox Enter your password to allow this"...
Desktop
Setting up the apps
Sync
  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    6 years ago

    Hi Rachel R.2,

    Can you try following commands in terminal:

    sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
chmod -R u+rw "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"

    Will be asked for your password (sudo).

    Hope this helps. :wink:

Lusil's avatar
Lusil
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
6 years ago

Hey there Rachel R.2, 

Welcome to the Dropbox Community! Let's see what we can find here. 

As a first step, could you let me know if you get a hyperlink when you see the error message pop up? If you do, could you please click on it and post the log that you get?

Thanks in advance!

  • Rachel R.2's avatar
    Rachel R.2
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago

    Hi, Lusil! 

    No, there is no link, just the location of my desktop Dropbox folder. If you tell me how to add a screenshot, I can do that.

    • Lusil's avatar
      Lusil
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      6 years ago

      If you can attach a screenshot in your reply, that would be very helpful! :grinning:

      Thanks in advance, Rachel R.2! 

      • Rachel R.2's avatar
        Rachel R.2
        Helpful | Level 5
        6 years ago

        (If that worked, I figured it out. :) )

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