| Test | Expected Result | |------|----------------| | Menu bar icon | Blue cloud (synced) or green check (all up to date) | | Create a test file in ~/Dropbox | Appears within 5 seconds on dropbox.com | | Check Activity Monitor | Dropbox process (Intel or Apple Silicon) using < 10% CPU when idle | | Right-click a synced file | Finder contextual menu shows “Copy Dropbox link” | | Terminal command: ps aux | grep Dropbox | Shows running Dropbox process |
Easy updates via brew upgrade --cask dropbox ; no manual download. install dropbox for mac
Save as check_dropbox_permissions.sh :