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yaroslavvb
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

How to fix permissions on a file in order to have it sync on Mac OS?

I'm currently seeing this     If I click on Fix, it shows me this   Then when I go to folder, it's unclear how to fix, going to Share as suggested     I just get ...
Desktop
Mac
Permissions
Sync
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    4 months ago

    Could you try these steps to fix the syncing issue, and enable full disk access?

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yaroslavvb
New member | Level 2

I'm doing neither of these things. When I installed Dropbox, I got a system prompt asking "Do you want to give Dropbox permission to access these files" and I clicked "No" by mistake, so they are getting Permission Denied.

 

Now I can't figure out how to undo these, and give Dropbox permission again

 

 

Jay's avatar
Jay
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4 months ago

Could you try these steps to fix the syncing issue, and enable full disk access?

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