Dropbox, please make a first-line response to go to System Preferences --> Extensions and simply uncheck all of the boxes and recheck them. That is way simpler than uninstalling and de-linking Dropbox a million times because we're told that will solve the problem.
Nelewis, Thanks! Too bad your post is on page 4.
After trying everything mentioned plus re-installing dropbox, re-syncing etc,
this method finally worked!!! Don't focus on the fellow clouds messing around assertion.
Didn't even need to restart finder (mac OS 10.15.7)
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Nelewis, Thanks! Too bad your post is on page 4.
After trying everything mentioned plus re-installing dropbox, re-syncing etc,
this method finally worked!!! Don't focus on the fellow clouds messing around assertion.
Didn't even need to restart finder (mac OS 10.15.7)
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I have de-installed them all, and still I keep losing my Smart Sync icons in the macOS Finder. So frustrated with all of these Dropbox idiosyncrasies that I just don't know anymore whether it's worth the trouble at this price.
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The joke is that if I don't run Dropbox, all the other Finder Extensions can coexist peacefully. What does that tell us about Dropbox's quality control?
I just temporarily fixed it by force-quitting my SetApp and BetterZip Finder Extensions, both of which I need, both of which have nothing to do with the cloud, proving to me that Dropbox does indeed require that it be the *only* active Finder Extension on my system. How is that ok?!!
The joke is that if I don't run Dropbox, all the other Finder Extensions can coexist peacefully. What does that tell us about Dropbox's quality control?