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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...
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  • 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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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey Brian Cashman  - sorry to hear about this.

 

Could you clarify the version and status of the Dropbox desktop app installed on the affected device?

 

Have you tried re-indexing Spotlight since you first noticed this by the way? 

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