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gbeck100's avatar
gbeck100
New member | Level 1
2 days ago

Is Sequoia 15.1.1 compatible with Dropbox?

My Macbook Pro (M1) is pestering me to upgrade to Sequoia 15.1.1. I'm currently running Sonoma 14.7.1. I'm hesitant to upgrade because I don't want to run into any issues with Dropbox.  Have others had a smooth upgrade to Sequoia 15.1.1? Thanks!

  • ctyrider's avatar
    ctyrider
    Explorer | Level 4

    I just upgraded from 15.1 to 15.1.1 and my Dropbox client went haywire.   After upgrade - the client refused to recognize my Dropbox folder.   It forced me to unlink and create a new folder in ~/Dropbox.  

    After full resync - it lost "macOS Filer Provider" compatibility.  Horrible.  

    Dropbox team - are you looking at this?  I am on the latest "stable" 212.4.5767 client.

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Hey gbeck100 and ctyrider, thanks for posting here. 

      ctyrider, can you also send me a screenshot of the current Dropbox folder location you see under the Sync tab of your app preferences here?

      I'll be able to further help this way.

      • memark's avatar
        memark
        New member | Level 1

        Hello!

        I just upgraded to 15.1.1, and my Dropbox client 214.2.2263 won't even start. This is the dump info:

        bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
        bn.VERSION: 214.2.2263
        bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 77
        bn.is_frozen: True
        machine_id: 0e7aedeb-6c9c-5cd0-b8da-0c277c52f3ec
        pid: 3860
        ppid: 1
        uid: 501
        user_info: [redacted]
        effective_user_info: [redacted]
        euid: 501
        gid: 20
        egid: 20
        group_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: None
        cwd: '/'
             real_path='/'
                       mode=0o40755    uid=0    gid=0
             parent    mode=0o40755    uid=0    gid=0
        HOME: '/Users/**'
        appdata: '/Users/**/.dropbox/instance1'
                 real_path='/Users/**/.dropbox/instance1'
                           mode=0o40700    uid=501    gid=20
                 parent    mode=0o40755    uid=501    gid=20
        dropbox_path: '/Users/**/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'
                      real_path='/Users/**/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'
                                mode=0o40700    uid=501    gid=20
                      parent    mode=0o40755    uid=501    gid=20
        sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
                        real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
                                  mode=0o100755    uid=501    gid=20
                        parent    mode=0o40755    uid=501    gid=20
        trace.__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 found
                        parent    not found
        tempdir: '/var/folders/pz/23v9mn0s78scfwbxw1sb5zqc0000gn/T'
                 real_path='/private/var/folders/pz/23v9mn0s78scfwbxw1sb5zqc0000gn/T'
                           mode=0o40700    uid=501    gid=20
                 parent    mode=0o40755    uid=501    gid=20
        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 5908, in _setup_root_for_account
          File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6137, in _get_root_for_account
          File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/helpers.py", line 523, in get_root_for_account
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 874, in result
          File "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 890, in _bootstrap
          File "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 932, in _bootstrap_inner
          File "desktop/dropbox/db_thread.py", line 96, in run
          File "<string>", line 1, in _x__db_thread__sleep_thread
          File "desktop/dropbox/db_thread.py", line 36, in set_name_and_run
          File "../mac_arm64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/threading.py", line 870, in run
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/runtime/__init__.py", line 676, in decorated
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/sleep/__init__.py", line 163, in _run
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 704, in set_result
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 667, in _on_post
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 1050, in _stage1
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.py", line 421, in _then_callback
          File "desktop/dropbox/foundation/futures/helpers.py", line 436, in <lambda>
          File "desktop/dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.py", line 1043, in _get_mount_path
        dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno -2001] Error Domain=NSFileProviderErrorDomain Code=-2001 "No valid file provider found with identifier ‘com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/03bb6936-8f96-45f5-beb9-14350e2fe18b’." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No valid file provider found with identifier ‘com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/03bb6936-8f96-45f5-beb9-14350e2fe18b’., NSUnderlyingError=0x6000013d1fb0 {Error Domain=NSFileProviderErrorDomain Code=-2012 "(null)"}}

         

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey memark, would you mind trying out these steps, and let me know if you still face the same issue? 

    Hi glancashire, do you have any external drives connected to the computer in question/Dropbox app perhaps?

    Also, can you check the properties of your Dropbox folder, to identify how many files you have there? Also hat’s the app version you’re using at the moment?

     

  • Frankyie's avatar
    Frankyie
    New member | Level 1

    Just updated from 15.1 to 15.1.1 on oclp 2.1.2. 
    everything is working fine. 🤙

  • Skymark's avatar
    Skymark
    New member | Level 1

    After upgrading to 15.1.1 I have encountered a problem where i am now unable to copy files from downloads folder to a Dropbox folder.  When I use drag & drop or the menu the destination Dropbox folder switches to the Downloads (source) folder and it is a no-operation.  Thanks.

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Hey Skymark! Can you send me a screenshot of what you see exactly, when trying to copy your files? It’d really help to have a visual in this case. 

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