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I keep being asked for my Mac password every time I rename/move files on Dropbox
I know there has been a couple of other incidents like this. But I dont want to reinstall Dropbox to be honest.
So just like the subject say: Mac Finder asks for password each time I rename a file or move in Dropbox. And now comes the weird thing. This all is hapening on my iMac Pro (Sonoma v14.5). While when on my Macbook Pro (Sonoma v14.5) it just works fine. So its really only happening on the iMac. Got the same other programs installed on both machines. Yes, also Onedrive. But I closed it to test if that is the problem, but it isnt. Checked online if I can edit the file name there; and yes, I can.
Installed in the right way and it always worked. It just stopped working like a week ago. I also checked the sharing & permissions, gave everyone read & write and also applied to enclosed items. Really lost atm.
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for posting this on our Community, fooost!
First off, what’s the filepath of your Dropbox folder? You can double check this on the Sync tab of your app preferences.
Was there a specific update before you noticed this issue?
Finally, when saying you’ve checked permissions, have you given Dropbox full accessibility with these steps?
Let me know.
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for the reply. I checked the things you asked.
The filepath is: Macintosh HD/Users/XXX/Dropbox
No specific update has been taken place, just like I told you earlier I got the same things installed and same updates on my macbook, where everything works fine.
All the permissions are there!
I found out something new. So when I do the following things it will give me a popup from Finder where it say something like: Finder wants to change the name of "...". Enter your password to allow this.- When changing a folder or item
- When moving an item towards another folder in Dropbox
- When moving an item out of Dropbox
This is only happening in the finder. When I go online, browser, it works.
But when I copy a total new item inside a folder which was previous lets say on my desktop. It works. I can just copy it in there. Also I can change the name of that item, or move it somewhere else. How on earth.- Walter
Thanks for the additional information fooost - much appreciated.
Can you please clarify if you installed the desktop app with admin privileges in the first place giving it full access as outlined here?
