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Forum Discussion

New member | Level 2

6 years ago

Spotlight and Search function of Dropbox can't search contents in Numbers file.

Hi, Spotlight and Search function of Dropbox doesn't seem to be working fine. They can't search contents in Numbers file. For example, one of my Numbers files has "123-4567" content located in Dr...

Third Party Integrations

Mark
6 years ago
Dropbox shouldnt be altering spotlight at all - as it has no way of doing so, its an Apple feature.

Does the same happen to files outside of the Dropbox folder or if Dropbox is not running?

Helpful | Level 6

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Dropbox Staff

3 years ago

Thanks for the additional info and the ticket number, MarkBarLev.

I can see that you're already in contact with a member of our team, so make sure to get back to them and they will assist you further.

Have a wonderful week ahead!

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