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"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"...
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/$USER/Dropbox"
Will be asked for your password (sudo).
Hope this helps. :wink:
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey there Rachel R.2,
Welcome to the Dropbox Community! Let's see what we can find here.
As a first step, could you let me know if you get a hyperlink when you see the error message pop up? If you do, could you please click on it and post the log that you get?
Thanks in advance!
Hi, Lusil!
No, there is no link, just the location of my desktop Dropbox folder. If you tell me how to add a screenshot, I can do that.
- Lusil
If you can attach a screenshot in your reply, that would be very helpful! :grinning:
Thanks in advance, Rachel R.2!
(If that worked, I figured it out. :) )
- I would be happy to if you would tell me how to do that!
Hi Rachel R.2,
Can you try following commands in terminal:
sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$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:
