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dukiebluedoc
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

Dropbox Mac has hijacked my Screenshots

I have Dropbox on my Mac OS  Sonoma. As soon as it was installed, my Screenshots disappeared from my Mac Desktop and appeared in Dropbox. How can I stop this? I do NOT want my screenshots in Dropb...
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dukiebluedoc
Explorer | Level 3

Couldn't find any apps preferences that would apply.

I have completely deleted DropBox from my Mac, and my screenshots are now back on my Mac Desktop.

If you have any ideas how I could prevent this from happening again, I am willing to reinstall Dropbox.

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Jay
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9 months ago

Hi Slimink, if you click the Dropbox icon once, do you see an avatar or initials on the top right, like here? 

 

Are you able to click it to see the Preferences for the desktop app, and not the website like you described previously?

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