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ptetta's avatar
ptetta
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Dropbox not searchable in MacOS Ventura 13.1

Since the recent Dropbox update, I can no longer search for files in Dropbox on my Mac.  I have been using Dropbox for over 10 years and have never had this problem before.  It's making life extremel...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey vmkirin and bri_guy, I actually moved our thread to this one, since it's about the same issue.

     

    You might want to take a look at the solution on this thread, to see if that works for you as well.

Mona_Protea's avatar
Mona_Protea
Explorer | Level 4

Hi,

Please give a solution ASAP to this problem that is very bothersome.

cseow's avatar
cseow
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

I tried the re-indexing process described by davidarden and (in my case) it DID allow me to search by tags...
BUT
I was however unable to limit my search to any location within DropBox.

The issue for me seems to be more that Finder cannot search within DropBox ONLY, and therefore I cannot narrow my criteria by location of the file. The other search filter criteria such as tags, file types, (I have not tried them all) seem to work - at least for those I tried.

 

Hope this helps.

  • ptetta's avatar
    ptetta
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Thanks - I will search for that solution and see if it works.  Have to say, I'm not entirely hopeful and I am really frustrated with dropbox (as, it seems, are many others).

  • cseow's avatar
    cseow
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Update:
    I tried re-indexing again (same thing I did last time) as originally recommended and it now seems to work. I can't remember if there was an update to Dropbox in the meantime or whether it was something else. I don't know why I tried it again but thought I should just try it again.

    So I guess if it did not work for you the first time, try it a second time?

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