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skiblues
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Menu bar icon not appearing
I used to be a Basic member but am now a member of a Family Plan. I am not able to get the Dropbox icon on my menu bar on a new Mac - Monterey 12.01. I have quit and trashed the application and hav...
- 3 years ago
Hi skiblues, thanks for joining the Community.
If you're not on a Dropbox Basic plan with more than 3 devices connected, could you try an advanced reinstall of the app using the steps in this link?
Keep me updated with any progress!Mod note: edited to update link in post. [last updated 2023]
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi skiblues, thanks for joining the Community.
If you're not on a Dropbox Basic plan with more than 3 devices connected, could you try an advanced reinstall of the app using the steps in this link?
Keep me updated with any progress!
Mod note: edited to update link in post. [last updated 2023]
skiblues
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Jay - thanks for getting back to me. So I found out that we are limited to the number of icons in the Menu Bar. I deleted one that I did not need and then the Dropbox icon showed up. So it turned out to be just a space issue on the Menu Bar. I am now all good.
Thanks again.
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