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Wanft's avatar
Wanft
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

No such xattr: com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P (error MacOs Ventura)

 Hello,

 

how can I set a folder to be ignored in MacOS ventura?

this one only works on on 12.3 and earlier: 

xattr -w com.dropbox.ignored 1

and the one supposed to work on 12.5 and above fails with No such xattr: com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P (macos ventura 13.4)

xattr -d 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P'

 

best regards.

  • razorflash's avatar
    razorflash
    2 years ago

    so the correct command is

     

     

     

    xattr -w 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' 1 ./YOUR_FOLDER

     

     

     

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey Wanft, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Can you please let us know the exact version and sync status of the Dropbox app on your computer?

     

    You can see that, by hovering over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar.

     

    Have you already gone through the update process for the application, to the new Dropbox for macOS version?

     

    Keep me posted.

    • Wanft's avatar
      Wanft
      Explorer | Level 4

      Hi Hannah

       

      MacOS: Ventura 13.4

      Dropbox: 176.4.5108

       

      Yeah, i've already migrated dropbox to "~/library/cloudstorage"

       

      att.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20

    Wanft wrote:

     ... the one supposed to work on 12.5 and above fails with No such xattr: com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P (macos ventura 13.4)

    xattr -d 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P'

    ...


    Hi Wanft,

    Yes, of course, you need to set an attribute to be available and after that you can wipe it out (without error). If the attribute was removed already or has never been set, you'll get such error. 🤫 Just looks like some Dropbox staff, that write help articles, probably got engaged looking at some nearby colleagues (may be 😜) and replaced 'set' command to 'remove' command ( -w to -d etc.). Don't bother, people's feelings.

    Hope this clarifies matter.

    • razorflash's avatar
      razorflash
      Helpful | Level 6

      it's incredible how not reliable this is!!!

      • razorflash's avatar
        razorflash
        Helpful | Level 6

        so the correct command is

         

         

         

        xattr -w 'com.apple.fileprovider.ignore#P' 1 ./YOUR_FOLDER

         

         

         

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