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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...
- That’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.
I'll leave the pictures.
I'm sorry you have to add your Mac mini, not only the Macintosh HD.
Can you confirm if this solves the problem? I'm not able to add the machine itself as the topmost level is Macintosh HD. How did you go about doing that?
returning to the subject - has anyone installed latest update with "dropbox for macOS with File Provider extension is ready to instal"? Does it solve the issue with spotlight and does not serve any new ones? I haven't installed Dropbox for macOS for the last 6 months at least as I knew what mess i caused and I'm not willing to experience it again.
Same problem happened for one of my machines after FileProvider update on Monterey. (Search within Dropbox hierarchy wouldn't find files but they were able to be found when scope was "This Mac")
Spotlight re-index of Dropbox folder did NOT fix.
Spotlight re-index of entire hard drive (Macintosh HD) DID fix.
