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PeterLM
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Missing the Dropbox context menus in Mac Finder
Hi everyone - I have been a Dropbox Professional user for about 3 years and 9 years with Dropbox altogether so I have really benefitted from it but recently, a feature I have used alot, the Dropbox M...
- 3 years ago
Walter-after days of searching, support tickets with Dropbox, your simple observation made me think I should clear all cookies, cache and browsing history and it fixed it!! Thanks so much for your comment. Peter
Walter
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi PeterLM, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you please clarify which version you've got installed on the affected computer at the moment?
Also, since you were able to successfully install the Dropbox desktop application in the newly created profile and the issue was resolved, it means that there may be some sort of mis-configuration, setting, policy, or permission restriction that is affecting the original profile.
Do you have any 3rd party apps or services that might be monitoring your Dropbox folder in the original profile for example?
Let me know what you find and we'll take it from there.
Could you please clarify which version you've got installed on the affected computer at the moment?
Also, since you were able to successfully install the Dropbox desktop application in the newly created profile and the issue was resolved, it means that there may be some sort of mis-configuration, setting, policy, or permission restriction that is affecting the original profile.
Do you have any 3rd party apps or services that might be monitoring your Dropbox folder in the original profile for example?
Let me know what you find and we'll take it from there.
- PeterLM3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Walter thank you!!! You inspired me to check something very simple which fixed it!! Peter
- Walter3 years agoDropbox StaffGlad to hear you're back up and running and thanks for keeping me in the loop too, Peter.
See you around the Community and enjoy the remainder of your week!- britt p.23 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I have had the same problem: the non-existing contextual menu. Sadly the cache solution worked only for one interaction and then not anymore. Dropbox support does not seem to understand my problem at all and the answers I get are not helpful. Are there any other solutions to help me get my contextual menu back? I am on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) and running the blasted MacOs Monterey version 12.3.1.
- PeterLM3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thanks, Walter! I'm running Dropbox v142.4.4197 and yes I agree my original main profile must have something blocking full Dropbox access but I just can't find what that is...
- PeterLM3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Walter-after days of searching, support tickets with Dropbox, your simple observation made me think I should clear all cookies, cache and browsing history and it fixed it!! Thanks so much for your comment. Peter
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