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macOS Monterey 12 - Couldnt Start Dropbox
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 131.4.3968 bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48 bn.is_frozen: True machine_id: dd8495f4-eeb6-52f3-a698-4cbb0543dbcf pid: 3947 ppid: 1 uid: 501 user_inf...
I upgraded to macOS Monterey this morning, and can no longer launch Dropbox.
I restarted the computer. That didn't work.
I then deleted dropbox and did an advanced reinstall following the instructions on this site.
But I'm still getting the following error message:
Couldn't start Dropbox. This is usually because of a permissions error.
Please contact Dropbox support with the following info for help:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 134.4.4115
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 51
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 4c99dc44-26be-56c6-9c70-f03726e0a58f
pid: 2390
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='andrew', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Andrew Montague', pw_dir='/Users/andrew', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='andrew', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Andrew Montague', pw_dir='/Users/andrew', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')
euid: 501
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'andrew', 'sinead', '_nsurlstoraged', '_serialnumberd'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'andrew', 'sinead', '_nsurlstoraged', '_serialnumberd'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/andrew'
appdata: '/Users/andrew/.dropbox/instance1'
real_path='/Users/andrew/.dropbox/instance1'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/andrew/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/andrew/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/qb/ncc78bts12sg0rjcl10kw1q00000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/qb/ncc78bts12sg0rjcl10kw1q00000gn/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 816, in wrapper
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6537, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "dropbox/client/message_queue.pyc", line 313, in _wrapped
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6070, in _init_components_for_account
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5994, in create_sync_engine
File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 226, in make_sync_engine
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 278, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.pyc", line 245, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.pyc", line 152, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 209, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 520, in _init_new_engine_locked
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/thin_client/client.pyc", line 188, in __init__
File "desktop/extensions/nucleus/nucleus_python.pyx", line 76, in nucleus_python.NucleusSyncEngine.__cinit__
nucleus_python.SyncEngineError: "Initializing engine |>> Initializing filesystem |>> Attempting to register icons |>> fchflags syscall: _set_hidden |>> Permission denied"
- Shsh
Don't believe what support claims guys, Dropbox is NOT compatible with Monterey.
I've tried everything as suggested, somehow managed to make it work for a few moments, but now the app won't start again.
I'm giving up. Bye Dropbox, I'm tired of you not updating your software when new OS come.
