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Re: Dropbox Not working after restart: Reconnecting to the internet. This may take a moment.

Dropbox Not working after restart: Reconnecting to the internet. This may take a moment.

Domscillator
Helpful | Level 6

I have been experiencing a very frustrating issue with Dropbox the past few days.

Issue: After restarting my Mac Studio (MacOS 13.6.5), Dropbox always gets stuck with the message: 

Reconnecting to the internet. This may take a moment.

Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 23.35.44.png

  • No VPN
  • No Firewall
  • Home Network
  • Fully updated Dropbox

The thing that is baffling is that :

  1. If you Quit and restart Dropbox it works immediately but if you restart the computer the issue appears again
  2. If you wait for a long time Dropbox eventually connects and syncs. But it takes a long time
  3. On the same computer, about a week ago, Dropbox was syncing instantly after reboot. 

I have tried already reinstalling and deleting the cache folder.

 

Is this a known issue that's going on at the moment>

 

Many thanks

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powerfoot
Explorer | Level 4
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@Sam DBX  the workaround never worked for me either. 

powerfoot
Explorer | Level 4
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@Sam DBX additional screenshots of issues. 

 

Screenshot 2024-04-26 at 3.20.28 PM.pngScreenshot 2024-04-26 at 3.21.18 PM.png

ehordyk
Explorer | Level 3
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It's not working for me either.

 

UnhappyUser1
Explorer | Level 4
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Absolutely, positively NOT solved!

hieroglyphics
New member | Level 2
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Still no solution? I recomendet Dropbox to a new customer. I said onedrive sucks and dropbox is the solution. No i can't sign on and they want to beginn to work tomorrow. How hard can it be to sign in? Please do something

craynerd
Explorer | Level 3
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Close dropbox and restart it is a temporary fix for me, it always seems to connect fine then. Just not on startup ;-(

Walter
Dropbox Staff
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Hi all, thanks for your ongoing reports on this.

 

I just wanted to mention that our team is actively investigating this issue and we'll update you as soon as a fix has been implemented. 

 

Thanks for your patience! 


Walter
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support


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ehordyk
Explorer | Level 3
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Current build 199.4.6287 solved the issue for me.

 

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