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dsnidey
3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Spotlight Search Doesn't Link to Files in Dropbox in macOS 13 Ventura
After upgrading to macOS Ventura, I was prompted to upgrade to "Dropbox for macOS 12". I proceeded with that, it moved my Dropbox folder to ~/Library/CloudStorage and confirmed all was successful. No...
- 3 years agoThat’s the same problem I had. I solved it by doing a complete clean install of dropbox. You may not need to do all of this, but to be safe, in Dropbox settings Selective Sync uncheck all of your folders and wait for them to be removed from your Mac. Once that’s done, unlink your Mac from Dropbox preferences. You should see the Dropbox getting started screen. Quit Dropbox and move the app to the Trash. Remove all dropbox files from ~/Library being careful to look at the path name. Only remove things that are within a Dropbox parent folder. Look in library application support, and library preferences. Empty the Trash. Restart your Mac. Reinstall Dropbox from dropbox.com. Once reinstalled, to make things faster sync only one small folder and wait for the prompt that new Dropbox for macOS 12 is available. You should see the message within a few minutes of reinstalling Dropbox. Allow it to upgrade and migrate your files to the new location. Once that’s done you can then sync all your folders. Let your Mac index itself and the problem should be solved.
dominic k.2
2 years agoNew member | Level 2
The new Dropbox (files moved to Cloud) the MacOS Spotlight search in Finder "Search by current folder" option does not yield any results - when switched back to global spotlight search it yields results as expected. Bug in new system architecture?
- Megan2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi dominic k.2, happy February 2nd!
Can you try out the steps my colleague provided here, and let me know if this worked out for you?
In case this made no difference, feel free to send me a couple of screenshots, demonstrating what you see on your end.
Keep me posted!
- aFeinberg Gallery2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Please read the above messages. We are able to get db searchable by adding it to the privacy list, however we are unable to open the files in finder...only open the files directly.
- Fotmasta2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Thx. I tried both things, opening the folder and re-indexing Dropbox in Spotlight. Still broken.
I'm open to trying other ideas.
- Fotmasta2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Support dept suggested upgrading to Ventura 3.1
I did that and also 3.2 and it solved the problem yay!
(strange thing though. The system software update took wasn't able to locate the update. I had to force download a full installer)
- dominic k.22 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thanks. Tried, doe not make any difference.
- odk2 years agoNew member | Level 2
dominic k.2 wrote:The new Dropbox (files moved to Cloud) the MacOS Spotlight search in Finder "Search by current folder" option does not yield any results - when switched back to global spotlight search it yields results as expected. Bug in new system architecture?
I am seeing this as well. My default search is "Search the Current Folder" so I noticed this bug right away
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