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NJF
Helpful | Level 5
2 months ago

The Dropbox app is no longer connecting on MacOS 15, unless I disable my firewall.

The local Dropbox app (209.3.3602) on my iMac is no longer connecting after I upgraded to MacOS Sequioa 15.0 (24A335). I can only get it to work again after disabling the Firewall (Settings, Networ...
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    NJF
    2 months ago

    This is the solution:

    sudo /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --add /Applications/Dropbox.app

    and for any other app that no longer seems to work on MacOS 15 (like Firefox).

    Thanks Pedro!

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Mark
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Sounds like something on firewall is blocking it then. 

 

I'd suggest a ticket to Support via www.dropbox.com/support

NJF's avatar
NJF
Helpful | Level 5
2 months ago

This is the solution:

sudo /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw --add /Applications/Dropbox.app

and for any other app that no longer seems to work on MacOS 15 (like Firefox).

Thanks Pedro!

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