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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 months ago

Mac OS Sequoia is arriving. Is DropBox ready?

Hi everyone, who remembers the chaos that happened last year with the Mac OS Sonoma update and all the issues we had with DropBox? There was a particular version that caused syncing to go haywire. I ...
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DBX_Pedro
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Hi mspink ,

 

Thanks for reaching out. Keep in mind that company issued Laptops in general might be limited to the restrictions set by them. 

 

Can you please try instead the following steps: 

  • Go to the top left corner of the screen 
  • click on the apple
  • System Settings
  • Network
  • Firewall
  • Options from the Firewall
  • Untick block all incoming connections
  • Then allow incoming connections from Dropbox

Can you please test and get back to us? 

mspink's avatar
mspink
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago

Hi, the settings on the laptop won't allow me to make changes to the firewall.

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