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Auskan's avatar
Auskan
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

MacOS Finder - how can I add Dropbox back to the sidebar?

Before I upgraded to Catalina (MacOS 10.15.5), Dropbox appeared under my favorites in the sidebar of Finder.  After the upgrade, it was gone.  I've searched many threads where this is apparently a co...
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  • TRKelley01's avatar
    TRKelley01
    2 years ago

    Thank you so much for getting back with me! After I inquired I contacted Apple support. When they could not help me, I came back to the Dropbox help community and continued reading. Another individual was having the same problem and discovered that Dropbox was in another location in the MacOS Finder. I looked in that same location, but did not find it. However, I decided to just keep looking and discovered that it was located in my MacOS Finder under "Network". I have no idea how it ended up there, but was able to successfully return it to its original location in my Finder Sidebar.

    Again, thank you for reaching out; and thank you for providing this forum from which we can get answers. Even though it was somewhat indirectly, I was able to fix the issue because of Dropbox Community.

    Blessings,

    Tim

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Daphne
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Hello Auskan, I hope you're well today!

 

So that you can drag the Dropbox folder into your Finder's sidebar, please try the steps below:

  1. Open your Finder window.
  2. Choose "Go" from the menu bar in the top right of your screen.
  3. From the menu, choose "Home".

From here, you can see the Dropbox folder in order to drag it into the sidebar.

 

Let me know how it goes!

Auskan's avatar
Auskan
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Brilliant!  Easy and it worked.  Thank you so much!

  • waldbach's avatar
    waldbach
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

    I came here via a search. I just changed to a temporary Macbook and when I drag the Dropbox folder to the Finder window Sidebar, it will not sit. No matter what I try, even tried different sections.

     

    What can I do to solve this? Is this a macOS issue?

     

    Catalina 10.15.2

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      5 years ago

      Hi waldbach, do you see the little bar when you try to drag it between folders, and not as a subfolder on the sidebar?

       

      What exactly happens when you drag it there?

      • waldbach's avatar
        waldbach
        Helpful | Level 5
        5 years ago

        Yes, I see that bar.

         

        But the problem is solved now. Apparently it was already (by default?) in the sidebar, just higher up where I did not expect it.

        Thanks!

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