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Dropbox app won't start on M1 Mac running Big Sur
I just got a new MacBook Air M1 running BigSur. Dropbox does show up in the Finder sidebar and it appears the Dropbox files and folders on my Mac have synced with Dropbox.com. However the dropbox i...
- Thanks for providing the full error-log MikeLV.
Could you please try an advanced reinstall with admin privileges and let me know how it goes?
While at it, please make sure that there's no antivirus or firewall that might be causing issues.
Keel me posted with your progress!
Thank you for getting back to me. The error message I receive is at the top of this stream. FYI I have deleted and re-downloaded the installer numerous times and always get the same result. Also shut down and restarted the computer after deleting the installed app and the installer. None of that worked. I am running Mac OS BigSur version 11.4.
You asked for the full error log. It is very long. Here it is:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 125.4.3474
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 3c855c8f-1be4-5167-9ada-50e978519c94
pid: 12896
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Mike', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Michael Vaughn', pw_dir='/Users/Mike_1', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='Mike', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Michael Vaughn', pw_dir='/Users/Mike_1', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 501
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'mike', 'Patty', 'Mike', '_nsurlstoraged', '_serialnumberd'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'mike', 'Patty', 'Mike', '_nsurlstoraged', '_serialnumberd'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/Mike_1'
appdata: '/Users/Mike_1/.dropbox/instance1'
real_path='/Users/Mike_1/.dropbox/instance1'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/Mike_1/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/Mike_1/Dropbox'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 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/dp/6dr17q2s32s1p26mmx5tt44m0000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/dp/6dr17q2s32s1p26mmx5tt44m0000gn/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 819, in wrapper
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6472, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "dropbox/client/message_queue.pyc", line 307, in _wrapped
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6005, in _init_components_for_account
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5932, in create_sync_engine
File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 225, in make_sync_engine
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 275, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.pyc", line 219, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.pyc", line 149, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 223, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 597, in _init_new_engine_locked
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/thin_client/client.pyc", line 182, in __init__
File "extensions/nucleus/nucleus_python.pyx", line 76, in nucleus_python.NucleusSyncEngine.__cinit__
nucleus_python.SyncEngineError: "Initializing engine |>> Initializing filesystem |>> Attempting to register icons |>> Opening dst |>> open syscall |>> Permission denied"
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks for providing the full error-log MikeLV.
Could you please try an advanced reinstall with admin privileges and let me know how it goes?
While at it, please make sure that there's no antivirus or firewall that might be causing issues.
Keel me posted with your progress!
Could you please try an advanced reinstall with admin privileges and let me know how it goes?
While at it, please make sure that there's no antivirus or firewall that might be causing issues.
Keel me posted with your progress!
It worked! I must tell you, the Terminal thing is not easy to figure out but after a couple tries, I got it.
The advanced reinstall works (as does re-initializing the drive, reinstalling the macOS, and then restoring files/applications/etc from a Time Machine backup previous to the appearance of the problem). However, the Cannot Start Dropbox error keeps coming back—in some cases after any restart, or after sleep (note: my SSD is set to never sleep), or—as in this last reinstall of Dropbox—upon the first attempt to start Dropbox at the end of the install process. I have made sure the Dropbox app is allowed incoming traffic through the firewall, I have excluded the Dropbox app from being scanned by Bitdefender anti-virus.
Dropbox has become unusable. This is a REAL problem, as I use it to coordinate with colleagues (other consultants) for work. If Dropbox doesn't fix this new (only began in the last two weeks - no changes in my software/OS during that time) problem soon, I will have to abandon it for some other cloud service. I like Dropbox and have never had problems like this before.
My M1 Mac started showing this "Couldn't start Dropbox" error this morning. I've uninstalled, reinstalled (126.4.4618), and performed the advanced reinstall, always with the same error on startup. I finally renamed the DropBox folder then reinstalled. It recognized it as a "new" install, but still ended up with the same error message.
Error file contains:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropboxbn.VERSION: 126.4.4618bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48bn.is_frozen: Truemachine_id: 81473c3e-02f8-54bb-bc0e-2632fb565d70pid: 10648ppid: 1uid: 502user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='user', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='User', pw_dir='/Users/user', pw_shell='/bin/bash')effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='user', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='User', pw_dir='/Users/user', pw_shell='/bin/bash')euid: 502gid: 20egid: 20group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'mjbunnell', 'user', 'mike', 'boinc_master', 'boinc_project'])effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'mjbunnell', 'user', 'mike', 'boinc_master', 'boinc_project'])DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: Nonecwd: '/'real_path='/'mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0HOME: '/Users/user'appdata: '/Users/user/.dropbox/instance1'real_path='/Users/user/.dropbox/instance1'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20dropbox_path: Nonenot foundparent not foundsys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20trace.__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 foundparent not foundtempdir: '/var/folders/vw/hs31tvjn26d1mypmb2zsztn80000gp/T'real_path='/private/var/folders/vw/hs31tvjn26d1mypmb2zsztn80000gp/T'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20Traceback (most recent call last):File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 834, in wrapperFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6622, in finish_dropbox_bootFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5689, in _create_root_for_accountFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6818, in create_dropbox_folderFile "dropbox/fsutil.pyc", line 655, in safe_makedirsFile "os.pyc", line 223, in makedirsPermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/Users/user/Dropbox'
