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Spotlight Search Doesn't Link to Files in Dropbox in macOS 13 Ventura
After upgrading to macOS Ventura, I was prompted to upgrade to "Dropbox for macOS 12". I proceeded with that, it moved my Dropbox folder to ~/Library/CloudStorage and confirmed all was successful. No...
- That’s the same problem I had. I solved it by doing a complete clean install of dropbox. You may not need to do all of this, but to be safe, in Dropbox settings Selective Sync uncheck all of your folders and wait for them to be removed from your Mac. Once that’s done, unlink your Mac from Dropbox preferences. You should see the Dropbox getting started screen. Quit Dropbox and move the app to the Trash. Remove all dropbox files from ~/Library being careful to look at the path name. Only remove things that are within a Dropbox parent folder. Look in library application support, and library preferences. Empty the Trash. Restart your Mac. Reinstall Dropbox from dropbox.com. Once reinstalled, to make things faster sync only one small folder and wait for the prompt that new Dropbox for macOS 12 is available. You should see the message within a few minutes of reinstalling Dropbox. Allow it to upgrade and migrate your files to the new location. Once that’s done you can then sync all your folders. Let your Mac index itself and the problem should be solved.
I have tried this solution but it did not work. Files on Dropbox won't open from spotlight. The screenshot shows that also the icon of the pdf file I am trying to open is not ok.
I am running Dropbox v166.4.2920 on Ventura 13.1 .
This is very much annoying because I cannot work efficiently as before. Hope for a quick fix.
Add Cloud Storage folder to System settings - Siri and Spotlight - Privacy, this works fine for me.
(sorry my system is Hungarian)
I tested it on my Intel based Mac Mini and M1 MacBook Pro
Folder path:
~/Library/CloudStorage
Thank you for your message. It seems true to work.
But why is that? It seems very much counterintuitive.
But, I guess, you are still not able to show/locate files directly from Spotlight in Finder using Commando+Enter? If it is a case, this is still not a fix. At least for my needs..
Sure. I don't know why, but it works fine.
🤔
I can open the files which is the most important thing to me. Still, I don't see the preview and the location.
Tried this and it made no difference 😞
Hi all,
We are suffering some of colateral effects to upgrade the new mac experience of Dropbox. 😕
https://help.dropbox.com/installs/macos-support-for-expected-changes
Searching through Finder won’t find all content in your Dropbox folder.
- Searching through Finder will only find online-only files or folders that have been previously accessed on your device running Dropbox for macOS.
- Only file names will display in these search results, not the file contents.
- This will also affect features that depend on searching through Finder. For example, Smart Folders.
- Search using Spotlight isn’t affected.
Not being able to search inside folders is also very annoying.
And Search using Spotlight IS affected.Hope Dropbox fix this soon!
- Searching through Finder will only find online-only files or folders that have been previously accessed on your device running Dropbox for macOS.
