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Kyle Mickan's avatar
Kyle Mickan
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Dropbox Needs to change premissions for Folder which doesn't exist

Every time I open the dropbox app on mac I get this prompt

The problem is the path it should be /User/Kylemickan/.dropbox not /User/Kylemickan 1/.dropbox which no longer exists there is a .dropbox folder in the proper user folder how do I make the app point to the right folder?

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  • Kyle Mickan's avatar
    Kyle Mickan
    3 years ago

    I have solved this myself.

     

    I deleted the .dropbox folder from my user folder. I also deleted the hidden files (Press cmd+shift+. to show) from my dropbox folder after reopening the dropbox app I went through the setup prompts I selected the old dropbox folder and everything works fine now.

  • Kyle Mickan's avatar
    Kyle Mickan
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    I have solved this myself.

     

    I deleted the .dropbox folder from my user folder. I also deleted the hidden files (Press cmd+shift+. to show) from my dropbox folder after reopening the dropbox app I went through the setup prompts I selected the old dropbox folder and everything works fine now.

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