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fenulagg's avatar
fenulagg
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

When I any file on my Mac it goes to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/.Trash instead of ~/.Trash

While investigating some weird behavior on my Mac I figured out that files I deleted from the Finder (say with Cmd-Delete) were going not to ~/.Trash where they should but to ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/.Trash. The files being deleted here are not from my Dropbox; they can apparently be from anywhere and end up in this folder. Then when I look at Trash folder in the finder I see little cloud icons next to the names of the files, likes this:

What's going on here? Why is Dropbox seemingly attempting to upload everything I delete to the cloud?

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  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    2 years ago

    Hi Everybody,

     

    It looks like this was an issue on Apple's side that was fixed with MacOS 13.1. If anyone is having this issue, please perform a system update, and it should be resolved. Feel free to let us know if that's not the case.

     

    Regards,

    Ben

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hi fenulagg, I hope you're doing well! 

     

    Interesting behavior. Could you clarify the version of the app that you're using on your end? 

     

    If I were you, I'd try to restart my device, then try again. Also, could you give me some example file paths of the content that you deleted when you noticed this behavior; just to clarify where they originally were?

     

    Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!

    • fenulagg's avatar
      fenulagg
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Hi Megan,

      I am using Dropbox v165.4.4300. I've just restarted and the behavior persists. I tested deleting files from directly inside ~/ and from /Applications and both ended up in ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/.Trash

       

       

      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hi fenulagg! I hope you’re doing well. 

         

        Do you mind if we open a ticket for you instead, so that we can investigate this further?

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