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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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Joelo
Explorer | Level 4

Hi, I have a similar issue. I have two company Macs and both are not able to sync files. They both can start the desktop application (even though it takes longer than it usually did), but files don't sync. The interface appears to be syncing (i.e. "syncing 12 files"), but nothing really happens. Surprisingly, the firewall (which I cannot change) has Dropbox with "Allow incoming connection". Somehow, the connection is still blocked.

I've tried re-installing a couple of times but this didn't solve the problem.

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marty39
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago

Joelo: Just a thought: this doesn't look like one of the issues that other users have encountered and resolved. Could your company have installed some kind of "protection" that's interfering with Dropbox? If so, you might raise the issue with company tech support.

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