You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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emendelson
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
macOS Ventura: latest stable release won't stop syncing
Quite a few messages on this forum have spelled out problems with Dropbox under Ventura: the main one being that macOS Spotlight won't open files in the new ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox folder. I'v...
- 2 years ago
I do understand where you're coming from, emendelson.
The updated Dropbox for macOS app experience was developed to adhere to the requirement as set out by Apple and to ensure the best possible experience for our Mac users long into the future.
That being said, Dropbox support for macOS continues to develop and improve, so you can also keep an eye on this article for any updates.
meilanamusic
New member | Level 2
It's been a complete nightmare. I've tried everything and still it doesn't work properly. The app needs to be redesigned now to work with Ventura forcing the new Dropbox Folder location. It also causes the iCloud not to work properly so there's that as well.
emendelson
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
For other reasons, I created a new (testing-only) macOS installation using the latest beta version of Ventura, and search now works properly with Dropbox. I have no idea whether it will work correctly when the beta version is released and you upgrade Dropbox. In the meantime, I'm simply not updating Dropbox on my main system.
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