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Why do these com.dropbox.attributes files show up everywhere?
These files are cluttering up my folders. There seems to be one for every real file that I have. I'd like to delete them.
What are they and where did they come from? And how can I stop them?
Hi,
The issue you're seeing is a Mac issue that occurs when copying files with extended attributes metadata into a file system that doesn't support them.
Depending on the information stored in the metadata, you may or may not need these files.
These files are called AppleDouble files and more information on how to handle them can be found by searching for: "apple double files"
To avoid this issue if you have your Dropbox folder on an external drive, we recommend ensuring that the drive is formatted in the default file system format for the Operating System that is installed.
A quick fix to remove those files: from the website you can search "attributes" in the search bar.
You can select all the results and delete them all together.
Thank you!
Wow just got an email of responce, 5 months and still the same answer, horrible. Just horrible.
Same garbage they spat back then.
Personally, I guess My question was not clear, Ie: Why is my account creating new "com.dropbox.attributes" for every "com.dropbox.attributes" attribute. NOT ie: what's a "com.dropbox.attributes" attribute file? Or why's a single "com.dropbox.attributes" attributes file created?
(or i am the only one experiencing this, so it was garrned, a "Non Issue")
Eitherway i fixed my issue by cancelling my payed subscription to dropbox, and moved back to manual means. 5 months no hiccups. I'd like to thank the dropbox team for helping me resolve the issue by finally breaking my interest in your service.
Achak B. a few seconds ago Share Delete
