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Rachel R.2
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
"Dropbox needs to change permissions" message on startup
Lately, every time I start my Mac (OS 10.14.6) I get a message that reads (in full):
"Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder: /Users/[name]/Dropbox
Enter your password to allow this"...
- 6 years ago
Hi Rachel R.2,
Can you try following commands in terminal:
sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox" sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox" sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox" chmod -R u+rw "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
Will be asked for your password (sudo).
Hope this helps. :wink:
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Hey there Rachel R.2,
Welcome to the Dropbox Community! Let's see what we can find here.
As a first step, could you let me know if you get a hyperlink when you see the error message pop up? If you do, could you please click on it and post the log that you get?
Thanks in advance!
Rachel R.2
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Hi, Lusil!
No, there is no link, just the location of my desktop Dropbox folder. If you tell me how to add a screenshot, I can do that.
- Lusil6 years agoDropbox Staff
If you can attach a screenshot in your reply, that would be very helpful! :grinning:
Thanks in advance, Rachel R.2!
- Rachel R.26 years agoHelpful | Level 5
(If that worked, I figured it out. :) )
- Rachel R.26 years agoHelpful | Level 5I would be happy to if you would tell me how to do that!
- Здравко6 years agoLegendary | Level 20
Hi Rachel R.2,
Can you try following commands in terminal:
sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox" sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox" sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox" chmod -R u+rw "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
Will be asked for your password (sudo).
Hope this helps. :wink:
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