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Birsay1's avatar
Birsay1
New member | Level 2
15 days ago

The Dropbox right-click options are gone from my Mac's Finder.

My files are all in the cloud. This restricts things I can do on my Mac; I can't preview or upload to the web, for example (which I want to do often). I thought one used to be able to right click i...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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15 days ago

Thanks for posting here, Birsay1! 

Can you tell me the exact syncing status and app version of the Dropbox app at the moment? 

I’d also like you to clarify what you mean when saying you can’t upload to the web; are you adding files within the local Dropbox folder and they never appear to your Dropbox account online?

Other than that, I’d like you to follow these steps to restart your Finder and let me know if the context menu options appear after that in your Dropbox folder. 

Keep me posted for any updates.

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