You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Dropbox StaffBeta Build 148.3.4469
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes.
Features in this update:
- We're transitioning to using GUIDs to manage the taskbar icon.
- Some users will notice their taskbar icon position preferences will not be remembered during the transition.
- Optimization of large uploads has resumed after restart of the Dropbox client.
- Transfers can now be sent by link or email during the creation process.
- Sharing of backup content within the Dropbox desktop app has been suppressed.
- Sharing of non-backup content within the Dropbox desktop app remains the same.
Fixes in this update:
- A typo has been corrected in the alert dialogue prompted when users attempt to start backup for a team account with admin disabled.
- Issues with changing folders for an external drive backup when the folder name contains # has been fixed.
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| Linux | x86_64 Offline Installer | x86 Offline Installer |
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- Mark
Super User II
YAYAYAY!!!
Thanks for including a changelog!
- Rich
What is the correct way of reporting bugs?
I am using this build on my M1 MacBook Air and my Dropbox folder has been migrated to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox
All is working OK (after reconfiguring third party apps that sync with Dropbox, to use the new location).
One of these apps is Moneydance which writes transaction details to a syncstore folder on Dropbox.
I have set the folder containing the Moneydance files to "Make available offline" but I keep finding files inside it are online only with a cloud+arrow icon.
Getting message "Couldn't start Dropbox" after reboot.
Message says "Contact Dropbox Support with the following info for help", then a link which gives this in a Textedit file:
M1 MacBook Air running macOS 12.3.1
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropboxbn.VERSION: 148.3.4469bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 52bn.is_frozen: Truemachine_id: 883b0b47-fb95-5df6-8abb-17dae7f4ec70pid: 883ppid: 1uid: 501user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='michaelb', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='michaelb', pw_dir='/Users/michaelb', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='michaelb', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='michaelb', pw_dir='/Users/michaelb', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')euid: 501gid: 20egid: 20group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'lesleyb'])effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'lesleyb'])DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: Nonecwd: '/'real_path='/'mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0HOME: '/Users/michaelb'appdata: '/Users/michaelb/.dropbox/instance4'real_path='/Users/michaelb/.dropbox/instance4'mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20dropbox_path: '/Users/michaelb/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'real_path='/Users/michaelb/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'not foundparent not foundtempdir: '/var/folders/b2/rhfx9y3s6tbdm28tk6n2pm7w0000gn/T'real_path='/private/var/folders/b2/rhfx9y3s6tbdm28tk6n2pm7w0000gn/T'mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20Traceback (most recent call last):File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 836, in wrapperFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6618, in finish_dropbox_bootFile "dropbox/client/message_queue.pyc", line 311, in _wrappedFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6140, in _init_components_for_accountFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6064, in create_sync_engineFile "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 225, in make_sync_engineFile "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 252, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.pyc", line 259, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.pyc", line 157, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_root/fp_helpers.pyc", line 90, in fp_get_temporary_urldropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno 4099] Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "Error while sending temporaryDirectoryWithCompletionHandler:" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=Error while sending temporaryDirectoryWithCompletionHandler:, NSUnderlyingError=0x600000cb67c0 {Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "The connection to service named com.apple.FileProvider was invalidated from this process." UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=The connection to service named com.apple.FileProvider was invalidated from this process.}}}
When are you going to fix the Mac OS 12.3 offline files issue?
i will wait another 1-2 weeks and after that I will file for refund.
In this state DP is useless on MacBook 12.3
When are you going to fix the Mac OS 12.3 offline files issue?
This build (and several recent betas) supports the 12.3 offline files solution (ie the move to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox) but you may have sign out/uninstall/reinstall/sign in to make it happen..... as I did.
Offline file stuff isn't working right. I dont know if its just the online indicator that isnt working right or its the full thing. But I have to go into subfolders sometimes to get them to be offline. Definitely is not working right. and this is build 149.2.555. Again I dont know why this forum is so far behind on the releases that are actually being pushed out.
This Dropbox Beta is by far the worst “beta” product I’ve ever installed (and I’ve used many products in beta versions). I deeply regret having turned on the preference to install the pre-release versions. It’s not “beta”, it’s “alpha” at best. I installed it about a week ago, and it has completely wrecked my system.
- After installation, my ~/Dropbox folder became a normal folder. FYI, the total size of my Dropbox files (both my own, and those shared with me) is 43.34 GB, so it’s not some crazy amount.
- The app created a new ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox folder, into which it started to “put” all the files fresh from the cloud. There was no migration of the offline files, basically all data had to come from the cloud again.
- All files in ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox were “online only” by default, and the app made no attempt to make them offline even though in the app’s Selective Sync preferences, all folders (and “Select all”) is turned on.
- For the last week, “fileproviderd” has been running at 99.9% CPU usage without interruption (except if I force-quit), and it’s effectively wrecking all my work: Finder is mostly unresponsive or hangs, the DMG images I mount don’t show up, and in most apps, File > Save As does not produce a Save As dialog (until I force-quit “fileproviderd”, but then it reappears).
- The small cloud status icons inside ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox sometimes appear and sometimes don’t, regardless of whether the Dropbox app is running.
- The app never attempted to make the files in the new location offline-available, so I had to click the cloud status icons one by one (then they changed the status to "downloading", or use the "Make available offline" context menu item (then the icons didn’t change the status). “fileproviderd” instantly went up to 99.9%. After leaving the machine for 12-18 hours alone, “fileproviderd” was still at 99.9%, and only some of the folders inside the new Dropbox location were downloaded (made offline).
- The Dropbox app status always says "Syncing...", no idea what and how. (View Sync issues shows no problems).
- After the machine restart, Dropbox sometimes attempts to continue "Syncing", and sometimes not. In some cases, the main folder inside the new Dropbox location shows the "Not downloaded" icon even though ALL folders inside are "downloaded".
- Every other machine restart or so, the Dropbox app reports that it cannot connect, and my attempts to log in (using my Google profile) result in an infinite loop. Re-installing the Dropbox beta build helps with that.
- FYI, I have a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) with 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 and 64 GB of RAM, and the Speedtest app reports my internet connection to regularly have about 537 Mbit download and 39 Mbit upload speeds. At 60+ MB/sec, downloading 40 GB should take about 10 minutes, but the "syncing" process has so far taken 150 hours+ and it’s still not finished.
- It is an absolute disaster. I cannot use the machine properly, it’s beyond ridiculous. I will most certainly be cancelling my and my company’s Dropbox subscription and looking for alternatives, and I will be advising anyone with a sane mind to run away from Dropbox screaming.
