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Cannot search inside specific folders using Finder on Mac
After upgrading Dropbox on Mac to the latest version (v164.4.4300), I am no longer able to use Finder to search within specific Dropbox folders for content inside the files (pdfs, text documents, etc...
Pleased to report that this fixed the issue (the suggestion to re-index Spotlight did the trick). Thanks so much!
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey mshafer, sorry to her you're having issues with this.
I just wanted to mention that there's a more recent version of the desktop app. Can you download and install it from this page and let me know if the issue persists?
If it does, can you also have a look at this discussion and let me know if any of the information there helps?
Thanks so much!
Pleased to report that this fixed the issue (the suggestion to re-index Spotlight did the trick). Thanks so much!
- Walter
Glad to hear this helped mshafer - thanks for keeping me in the loop too.
See you around the Community and have a lovely week ahead!
This isn't working for me.
I've done the steps suggest to rebuild the Spotlight index, but I still get no results when trying to search within a folder in DropBox. Instead I have to search my computer and sift through sift through thousands of results instead of a handful.
I may as well have my files in an old shoebox in the garage.
What a brutal upgrade.
I just want to revert to the way it was.
