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sfemet
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Connecting components after quitting DB

MacOS 12.6.9 Dropbox 186.4.6207 DB icon in menu bar constantly showing sync. Quit DB. Restarted DB, now icon is grey and shows "Connecting Components." I read through this post: https://www.drop...
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    sfemet
    2 years ago

    Thanks to a splendid article on wikihow, I completely removed all DropBox components.

    I left the DropBox folder in its default location (CloudStorage) and did a fresh install.

    It appears the problem has been resolved.

    https://www.wikihow.com/Uninstall-Dropbox-from-a-Mac

sfemet's avatar
sfemet
Helpful | Level 6

Thanks to a splendid article on wikihow, I completely removed all DropBox components.

I left the DropBox folder in its default location (CloudStorage) and did a fresh install.

It appears the problem has been resolved.

https://www.wikihow.com/Uninstall-Dropbox-from-a-Mac

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Paul C.
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

I had the same issue with the "Connecting Components" message going on for hours and hours. On a whim, I logged out of my Dropbox account on my iMac, then logged back in and things are working again. 

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