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mshafer
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

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...
Desktop
desktop app
Mac OS
Organize
Searching
  • mshafer's avatar
    mshafer
    2 years ago

    Pleased to report that this fixed the issue (the suggestion to re-index Spotlight did the trick). Thanks so much!

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Brian Cashman
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
This occurs to me in Sonoma 14.1.

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