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TomF
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

Popup window: “Dropbox.app” would like to access data from other apps.

I have gotten a popup window several times recently on my MacBook Pro that says: “Dropbox.app” would like to access data from other apps. Why am I getting this popup and should I say yes?
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  • radical_exponent's avatar
    radical_exponent
    6 months ago

    Hi again,

     

    We've applied another fix here (many thanks to @WileECoyote!), which went out in v199 stable (and also v200 beta).

     

    Again, if you update and you're still seeing this issue - please reply here!

     

    Thanks!

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Jay
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Hi TomF, thanks for messaging the Community!

 

Have you enabled the Dropbox Backup feature, or any other features in the desktop app?

 

This will help me to assist further!

TomF's avatar
TomF
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

Thank you for your inquiry.  I have Dropbox Backup running for the folders such as the Desktop and Music folders that are not automatically synced in Dropbox.

While I was checking in order to answer your question, I discovered that the Pictures folder is not being backed up and could be, so I tried to turn it in.  I had to give Dropbox "Full Disk Access" in order to add the Pictures folder to the list of folders that are backed up.  Is it possible that granting Full Disk Access will (a) stop the requests that I posted about, and (b) have the effect I would have gotten if I had clicked Yes to allow Dropbox to access data from other apps?  I will watch to see.

Thank you.

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