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aroberts
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

No Spotlight results for folders on Dropbox with Sequoia

Since I upgraded to Sequoia 15.1 on my Mac, folders and documents on Dropbox are no longer shown. What can I do?
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JCDC's avatar
JCDC
New member | Level 2
26 days ago

I had the exact same issue.
Only way to fix this issue is to totally rebuild your Spotlight Library (Everything). Not just the Drobox folder..
Fix:
- Restart Mac
- In Spotlight Privacy, add Macintosh HD
- Restart Mac
- In Spotlight Privacy, remove Macintosh HD
- Restart Mac, and give it time to rebuild the full Library.
Only thing that worked for me.. 

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mat060
New member | Level 2
17 days ago

Thanks JCDC . Unfortunately I have tried everything and nothing works. I'm actually starting to believe that in my case is not a Dropbox Issue but an issue with Sequoia all together.

I have tried your method and the following methods but nothing works:

  • Adding the 'Mchintosh HD' Drive to Spotlight Privacy settings and the removed it after a 10+ seconds to rebuild the Spotlight Index. Didn't work.
  • I have also tried multiple 'mduti' options such as -X, -E, -Eai off, -Eai on. Nothing works.

I'm creating a thread in the Apple Community to see if somebody can give me some new ideas.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255959099

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