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Kenton N.
4 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Dropbox Menu bar app not responding (spinning beachball) on MacOS Mojave (10.14.6)
For the last few days, I've noticed my Dropbox menu bar app shows that it is syncing. But when I hover my mouse over the icon, I see a beachball and can't do anything with it. Also, accessing and sav...
- 4 years ago
I managed to get it solved I think.
I restarted the Mac and before Dropbox had a chance to get into its Not Responding state, I quickly went up to the menu bar and Quit.
After that, I was able to do the Advanced ReInstall and it all seems to be working ok now for the past day.
I'm not quite sure what caused it to have issues in the first place, though. I definitely have admin privileges on this computer. I have not updated my OS is a long time (still on Mojave) and the version of Dropbox that I reinstalled is the same that I previously had.
TAY63
New member | Level 2
Hi- I am having the same problem as well. I have a Mac and for the past week since the most recent Mac software upgrade, I have the spinning beachball as well. I have tried to uninstall or move to the trash but it won't let me. I have also tried to force quit but Dropbox doesn't appear. The pic below is what appears on the bar at the top of my desktop, not sure what this menu bar is called. When I hover over the icon, I get the spinning ball
When I try to uninstall or move to trash, this is the message I get:
Thanks for the help.
Kenton N.
4 years agoHelpful | Level 5
What OS (specific version) are you using? Go to the Apple in upper left corner of the screen and click "About This Mac".
Also, you could try the "solution" that I discovered, which is to restart the computer and immediately quit Dropbox as soon as it appears in the menu bar. After that, you should be able to uninstall/reinstall.
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