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Not syncing, unable to restart Dropbox
Hello good people,
I have a new M2 15" MacBook Air. It appears to be unable to load new files from the Dropbox folder on the computer to the Cloud, and then share it. I get the error message:
Couldn't start Dropbox.
And a file with the text below has been created. Anyone have any suggestions?
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 177.4.5399
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 61
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: f5649e8b-cf5e-57d1-8b5d-3d5ce34f63db
pid: 87137
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='***', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='***', pw_dir='/Users/***', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='***', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='***', pw_dir='/Users/***', 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', '_nsurlstoraged'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', '_nsurlstoraged'])
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/instance3'
real_path='/Users/***/.dropbox/instance3'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40700 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/pf/x2q59cw10h18_qcccrq1z1880000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/pf/x2q59cw10h18_qcccrq1z1880000gn/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 830, in wrapper
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6507, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "desktop/dropbox/client/message_queue.py", line 306, in _wrapped
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6039, in _init_components_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 5962, in create_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.py", line 225, in make_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.py", line 243, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.py", line 282, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.py", line 192, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 192, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 206, in _create_thin_client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/fs_api_adapter.py", line 50, in __init__
File "desktop/extensions/fs_api/fs_api_python.pyx", line 63, in fs_api_python.FsApiServer.__cinit__
fs_api_python.FsApiError: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing platform |>> Opening worker root directory |>> open syscall |>> Permission denied"
hello Jay,
I used Apple's Migration Assistant to move all the data from my old MacBook.
By ‘home user folder name’ I'm guessing you mean my user name in the folder ‘Users’. No.
The name of the SSD was changed. That may be material, I guess.
