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rjkg
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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iCloud blocking file in Dropbox

An app that I wrote for our club accesses an SQLite DB file in our Dropbox. Most members have no trouble. One member uses iCloud and gets "permission denied ' when he tries to access this DB. T...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey rjkg, sorry to jump in, but I just wanted to mention that 'available offline' files will still sync normally. 

     

    For more information about online only and available offline files, you can take a look here.

     

    As for the user who's getting the error, could you check if they've granted Dropbox full disk access as outlined here? 

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rjkg
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

The error occurred even when trying to access CloudStorage.

However digging into the link you referenced, the 'Make available offline' option may work.

Does the file continue to sync  with that turned on?

Thanks

rjkg

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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey rjkg, sorry to jump in, but I just wanted to mention that 'available offline' files will still sync normally. 

 

For more information about online only and available offline files, you can take a look here.

 

As for the user who's getting the error, could you check if they've granted Dropbox full disk access as outlined here? 

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