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JohnSmith4
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Startup error on the Dropbox desktop app on macOS Monterey 12.6
Hello. My Mac is running on OS Monterey 12.6.
Today, I was cleaning out some of my files and I received the following message from Dropbox:
"Couldn't start Dropbox.
This is u...
iff99
New member | Level 2
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 169.4.5684
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 61
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 44d2ff93-e52b-53cb-8dd6-87de40ee88fb
pid: 4816
ppid: 1
uid: 502
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Eugene', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Евгений Иванов', pw_dir='/Users/Eugene', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Eugene', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Евгений Иванов', pw_dir='/Users/Eugene', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 502
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'Eugene', '_xcsbuildagent', '_nsurlstoraged'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'Eugene', '_xcsbuildagent', '_nsurlstoraged'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/Eugene'
appdata: '/Users/Eugene/.dropbox/instance2'
real_path='/Users/Eugene/.dropbox/instance2'
mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/Eugene/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/Eugene/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'
not found
parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 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/15/z8mjhn_n5jjb8gxmvybnvt6c0000gp/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/15/z8mjhn_n5jjb8gxmvybnvt6c0000gp/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5185, in _setup_root_for_account
File "dropbox/sync_root/helpers.pyc", line 511, in get_root_for_account
File "dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.pyc", line 853, in result
File "dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.pyc", line 121, in set_result_or_convert_exception
dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno -2001] Error Domain=NSFileProviderErrorDomain Code=-2001 "Источник файлов с идентификатором «com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/c725b030-ccfd-465b-82ca-d990a27687dd» не найден." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Источник файлов с идентификатором «com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/c725b030-ccfd-465b-82ca-d990a27687dd» не найден.}
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