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RyRy's avatar
RyRy
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

The Dropbox desktop application is causing my Mac to not start up properly

Hi,

Since Monday, my MacBook Pro has been crashing and not starting up properly.

I ended up on the phone to Apple Support, and we isolated the problem, which is ... Dropbox!

I can get my computer to work and not crash only by turning OFF Dropbox running in the background and setting Dropbox to NOT turn on at Login.

IF I then try to use Dropbox through the Finder, I get an alert that Dropbox has turned on opening at login and my computer crashes and won't restart properly until I book in Safe Mode and turn it off again.

Can you please investigate and tell me what to do to fix this?

Apple support noted that this started happening right when they had an OS update, but I have not updated yet.

Many thanks for your help! RyRy

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hi RyRy, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Could you try reinstalling the Dropbox desktop application using this link, without uninstalling it first?

     

    Could you also confirm what Mac OS version you're currently running?

     

    This will help me to assist further!

    • Kim S.36's avatar
      Kim S.36
      New member | Level 2

      Jay can you please send this link again?  It is not working.

       

    • RyRy's avatar
      RyRy
      Explorer | Level 4

      Thanks for the quick reply, Jay -- I'm using Sonoma 14.6.1

      Should I go ahead with the install without uninstalling first?

      Let me know and I'll give it a try this evening or 1st thing tomorrow.

      All best, RyRy

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Thanks for the info, please go ahead with the reinstallation without uninstalling the app first, and let me know if this improves.

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