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How do I end "Background items Added" Notification and/or Process?
I uninstalled Dropbox but keep getting this annoying notification on my mac that Dropbox is adding items that can run in the background even though the app is deleted and it is disabled in the approp...
I might have discovered a possible fix. Deleted the files as instructed in screenshot, emptied trash then restarted my mac and haven't had the problem or that pesky notification yet. 🤞
In trying to get rid of some Dropbox error messages on startup (see below), I managed to mess up my dropbox setup and now it won't start. See error log even more below. I reinstalled app from download.
Any help appreciated.
John
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 163.4.5456
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 57
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: c063ef3d-8d69-5445-9c18-9f52389f11f9
pid: 1039
ppid: 1
uid: 502
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='johnheffernan', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='John Heffernan', pw_dir='/Users/johnheffernan', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='johnheffernan', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='John Heffernan', pw_dir='/Users/johnheffernan', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 502
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'johnheffernan', '_nsurlstoraged'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', 'johnheffernan', '_nsurlstoraged'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/johnheffernan'
appdata: '/Users/johnheffernan/.dropbox/instance1'
real_path='/Users/johnheffernan/.dropbox/instance1'
mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/johnheffernan/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/johnheffernan/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox'
mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
tempdir: '/var/folders/0z/wf0s01md3yd_lc2vy_m4t_vh0000gp/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/0z/wf0s01md3yd_lc2vy_m4t_vh0000gp/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5165, in _setup_root_for_account
File "dropbox/sync_root/helpers.pyc", line 467, in get_root_for_account
File "dropbox/foundation/futures/basic.pyc", line 853, in result
File "dropbox/sync_root/handlers/macos/file_provider.pyc", line 121, in set_result_or_convert_exception
dropbox.mac.internal.MacError: [Errno -2001] Error Domain=NSFileProviderErrorDomain Code=-2001 "No valid file provider found with identifier ‘com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/a3368d78-5ea7-42b7-9c24-4513fa6fef58‘." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=No valid file provider found with identifier ‘com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider/a3368d78-5ea7-42b7-9c24-4513fa6fef58‘.}
Update - I did do an advanced reinstall and got dropbox working again. Same annoying Background Items Added messages but at least it's working.
John
This worked!
Open up the Mac dropdown.- Mark
Super User II
