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Re: Dropbox segfaults during launch

Issue with the Dropbox application v52 (freezing/ crashing) on Mac devices.

teranisi
Explorer | Level 4
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Recently I noticed Dropbox.app is not running on my MacBook Pro (El Capitan).

When I run following command on a terminal,

 

$ /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox

 

many messages are listed, and after a while, it stops as follows.

 

..... dropbox: thread d0eb58 is not a python thread

Segmentation fault: 11

 

The version is the latest version which I downloaded from the site today.

 

Any suggestions?

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bwa
Explorer | Level 3
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Oh man - Best day ever!!!


@Thanks wrote:

Thanks man! you saved my life 🙂


 

Lucio
Dropbox Staff
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OK! Would it be possible for any of you that presented this issue to give this beta a try and report back here whether or not the issue persists for you?

 

Thanks!


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teranisi
Explorer | Level 4
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Fantastic!

VerTex
Explorer | Level 3
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Hi There!

 

I also can acknowledge that the beta release 53.3.65 works as it should on my OS X 10.9.5 system. Thank you very much for fixing this issue so fast!

 

Best Regards from Germany

 

Robert

Djm197209
Explorer | Level 3
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Hello,

 

I've received the following assistance from Dropbox Support that appears to have solved the issue.  I'm posting the relevant portion of the email I received yesterday.  

 

 

Luke, Jun 26, 6:37 AM PDT:
Hi there,

The development team has released a new beta version of the Dropbox desktop application that may resolve the issue you are experiencing.

If you would like, you can download this version of the Dropbox desktop application from the following link:

https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Desktop-client-builds/Beta-Build-53-3-65/m-p/282044#M4928

If this resolves the issue, you should be able to continue using this version as it will update automatically to the next available build going forward.

Please let me know if the issue persists after installing this version.

Thank you.

Regards,
Luke

Lucio
Dropbox Staff
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That's good to know. It seems that's the same version I shared. We'll also deploy the fix soon to the stable branch so you can expect it there as well. Thanks everyone for reporting again!


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