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New stable Build 186.4.6207 crashed 4-5 times.
I just upgraded to this new "stable build", and it has crashed on me 4 or 5 times in 10 minutes. Not cool.
Mac Intel. I'm on Mac OS X 10.13.6. No problems with the previous build.
The "Pr...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi DarthEd, let's jump right into this!
Just a small clarification: does the app crash after a few moments of using it, or the moment you try to open, and access it?
Do you still face the same issue?
Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!
Hi, Megan. Thanks for the reply.
Accessing the Dropbox menu in the top-right of my menubar would often seem to trigger the crash. If I didn't do anything, I don't think it would crash, but I'm not sure. I tried going back to previous stable versions to see when this regression started. I tried a bunch (185, 184, 183, etc.) and kept having the same problem. I got as far as 175 before I gave up and restored my old Dropbox client (which is like version 149 or something like that) from my semi-daily backups. It still works flawlessly, but Dropbox says I need to upgrade in the next 6 days or else that version will stop working.
- Hannah
Hey DarthEd, even if you install a previous version of the Dropbox app, it's an app that auto-updates, and since the version you went back to is pretty obsolete, it's normal that it will stop working at some point.
Have you tried deleting the app, restarting the device and then reinstalling it, to see if that helps with the crashing issue?
Also, are you getting any errors when the crash happens?
I had the same problem. It has cost me three days of time. I even had to go back and completely wipe my drives and reload OS. I've tried everything and now I'm having to just download my files off the web because it is too much trouble continuing in this way. The problem seems to be from fileprovider...
