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Anders H.3's avatar
Anders H.3
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

Dropbox offline installer keeps popping up

Dropbox offline installer (the .dmg on Mac) keeps popping up. I don't know why I even got the dropbox offline installer -- I have dropbox installed, and updates usually would be handled online? The q...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi Anders H.3, it's possible that the Mac OS is trying to install it constantly. Try to delete the dmg file and see if this helps.

TheOtherJim's avatar
TheOtherJim
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

This has been happening to me for a long time... I opened a ticket on it back on 7/14/21. While doing a deep search for anything dropbox-related provides relief for a little while, the cycle resumes after some unknown period of time. It's happening right now, which is why I found your query. (MacBook Pro, latest OS, everything is set to update automatically.)

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