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Sync results under "Your Activity" show's yesterday's synced files not today's.
I can see syncing occurring with the dropbox notification icon on the Mac. When I look, syncing runs. When it completes, instead of showing what was just synced, it only shows files synced the previous day under the Yesterday heading. Those synced today or moments ago ought to show up under the Today heading, but nothing ever shows there. To be clear, the recently synced files do not show up under Yesterday, either. This seems like a bug. Because dropbox sometimes takes time to get around to syncing on the desktop, I need to be able to check if it recently synced any files. This behavior of never displaying recently synced files in the Your Activity list is disappointing. The image was captured mid-day, less than 10 minutes after syncing a dozen files. Note that Yesterday heading shows files underneath. The Today heading shows none of the files just synced.
Enable create and rename folders/files on MacOS Dropbox application for admin users
After a recent dropbox update, at the top level, admin users are unable to create and rename files on their desktop dropbox application for Mac users (OS version: Sequoia 15.3.2). This slight change has made it more of a hassle to use the desktop app, it makes it appear obsolete to be honest. My team needs a number of folders to created frequently as we get new cases quite frequently. After the new update, as the admin user, I have to navigate to my web browser in order to create a folder and then come back to my desktop app to add all the relevant documents into that folder. If I make a mistake in the name of the folder, I can't change the name of the folder I have to go back to web browser, find the folder and then change it from there. It is such that even as an admin user on my computer, when I go to unlock the folder at the top level to give me read and write access, it automatically switches back as it is something that has been enabled from the software and not the user end. I could see the justification for having this restriction for non-admin users but for admin users whose job description requires the creation and modification of top level files, it has added an additional step in work flow that is cumbersome. In the past, all these could be done directly from the desktop app. I would like to request that the feature be put back as it was. The new change is not user friendly at all.Newest/Oldest/Most Liked sort on Dropbox Forums Doesn't Work
I have been talking to tech support about an apparent bug, which has caused quite a few back and forth. As a result, because the default sort for thread is show Oldest posts to Newest, I've had to click the Show More button a lot. With increased posts, I also had to click View Full Discussion. So I tried to change the sort to Newest. Doesn't work. Oldest, Newest, Most Liked... nothing happens. Seems like an easy bug to reproduce. I am using Safari 18.3.1 on MacOS 15.3.2. BTW, I tried to insert a link to your web site that resembles this one (I put a space in it now so it shows), but even though I used your chain-icon button to add it, it says it is invalid. It was not. This appears to be another bug. This link will take you to one of your forum posts that demonstrated the issue: Copy and remove the space. https ://www.dropboxforum.com/discussions/101001016/sync-results-under-your-activity-shows-yesterdays-synced-files-not-todays-/829814
Ignoring specific folder isn't possible on my end.
I want to ignore a specific folder from syncing. So I read through help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-for-macos-support . Frist I tried the GUI approach: but on right-clicking the folder no "Do not sync" menu entry shows up (only "Copy link", "Share..", "Transfer a Copy...", etc). Also I tool to the Terminal approach: I typed xattr -d com.dropbox.ignored ~/Dropbox/path/to/my/folder but I get "No such xattr: com.dropbox.ignored". I certainly have Dropbox installed and it's syncing stuff properly. What can i do to ignore that folder? Many thanks for your help in advance. Best, Wal
Quitting the transfer window: "Your Files Are Ready To Send" window quits Dropbox on Mac
I think this is new behavior....and maybe, this could be a cause of what some of us are referring to as "quiet crashes" where we notice that the dropbox app is no longer running or showing on the menu bar...on a Mac. When I perform a transfer-a-copy of a file, and it brings up the floating "Transfer" window, and then I complete that process of confirming the file, and then choosing to copy the link, that window will continue to float in front on my mac. Command-W does not close that window. Also, when that window is active, and the front-most window, the computer still indicates that the Finder is the active app on the menubar. Now, I can close that transfer window by clicking on the red "x" button in the upper left of the window, or I can press command-q on my keyboard but THAT QUITS DROPBOX! I think that THIS is potentially what has been problematic of lately. I don't recall this being the behavior in the past. Why is command-q "quitting" the transfer window causing Dropbox App on the menu bar to quit and shutdown? As I said, when the transfer window is active, it does not indicate to the mac that it is part of dorpbox in that it does not populate the options of the mac menu system. The active app is not Dropbox etc. I have been using dropbox for a long time, and I do not recall this being the behavior of closing the transfer window with command-q and it shutting down the whole DropBox system.
