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mwdiers
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Dropbox macOS Beta (fileproviderd based Dropbox) is an absolute nightmare!

I made the mistake of opting in to the Dropbox beta which is based on macOS fileproviderd integration, which the update notice insisted was perfectly safe. It is anything but. For the record, I am on...
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VictorYan
Explorer | Level 4

After installing Beta Build 163.3.5425 on my iMac 24" with latest macOS Ventura 13.0.1, files could not sync with Dropbox cloud version.

 

The desktop app is taking forever to index the files.

 

Please advise if there is any solution or how could I restore the desktop app to stable version.

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mattrp
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Same issue here. Has been indexing for three days so far and not syncing. Killed dropbox and relaunched and rebooted several times. 

MacBook Air. 13.0.1

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    VictorYan
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Finally the indexing completed overnight.

    However the file synced was two days ago and some app using data two days ago and I need to update the apps again manually.

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