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redakce
3 months agoNew member | Level 1
Dropbox throws a startup error on my macOS Big Sur computer.
Hi everybody. I'm not able to start Dropbox desktop app. After reinstalling on Mac os Big Sur the problem persists.
- Hi robsimal!Could it be that the shared folder that they are sharing is larger than the space available on your account?Please remember that a Dropbox account can't sync more than its quota. In other words, a 2 GB account can't sync more than 2 GB. Since every member of a shared folder can add/edit shared content, the shared folder takes up space in each member's account. This policy exists to prevent people from giving themselves unlimited space by stacking Basic accounts and shared folders.For this reason, I’d recommend asking the other user to send a shared link of the folder which gives recipients the capability to view the shared content without taking up space on your account.I hope this helped. Let me know if you have any other questions!Mod note: edited to update links in post. [last updated 2022]
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- Rich
Super User II
redakce wrote:
I'm not able to start Dropbox desktop app. After reinstalling on Mac os Big Sur the problem persists.
That screenshot isn't the error. It's just showing a link to the error. Click the blue link to open the file. Copy the full content of the file and paste it in a reply here.
- redakceNew member | Level 1bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropboxbn.VERSION: 216.4.4420bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 77bn.is_frozen: Truemachine_id: 7b93000c-9a6e-5090-ae01-a7992e1ba437pid: 798ppid: 1uid: 501user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Jarda', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Jaroslav Mareš', pw_dir='/Users/Jarda', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Jarda', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Jaroslav Mareš', pw_dir='/Users/Jarda', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')euid: 501gid: 20egid: 20group_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: Nonecwd: '/'real_path='/'mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0HOME: '/Users/Jarda'appdata: '/Users/jaroslavmares/.dropbox/instance1'real_path='/Users/jaroslavmares/.dropbox/instance1'not foundparent not founddropbox_path: Nonenot foundparent not foundsys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=80parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=80trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'not foundparent not foundtempdir: '/var/folders/s2/bb8zwpyn1j9ghprmgts_w63r0000gn/T'real_path='/private/var/folders/s2/bb8zwpyn1j9ghprmgts_w63r0000gn/T'mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20Traceback (most recent call last):File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1381, in safe_makedirsFile "desktop/dropbox/fsutil.py", line 709, in safe_makedirsFile "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 213, in makedirsFile "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 213, in makedirsFile "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 223, in makedirsPermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/jaroslavmares'During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:Traceback (most recent call last):File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 8535, in main_startupFile "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 2773, in initializeFile "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1768, in startup_lowFile "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 1390, in safe_makedirsFile "desktop/dropbox/fsutil.py", line 709, in safe_makedirsFile "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 213, in makedirsFile "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 213, in makedirsFile "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/os.py", line 223, in makedirsPermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Users/jaroslavmares'
- redakceNew member | Level 1
The problem emerged after I've renamed user and home folder. There must be somewhere still the former name. I've reinstalled Dropbox and deleted Dropbox files in user library as well. But it is still somewhere else.
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for sending over the full error log, redakce! After checking it, there are two usernames showing, so this seems to be the reason why you’re seeing this error indeed.
Can you follow these steps and let me know if they help?
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