Mac OS: Dropbox automatically start
If the Dropbox is working after a manual Start from the program folder, simply add them again to the Login items of your OS X account.
- You go into the system settings and click on "users & groups".
- Locate on the left of your current user and select him.
- Now click right on the "login items". Here you will find all the programs that are started automatically during the boot process.
- If the Dropbox is still running and remove them with the Minus Symbol. Then you out click on the Plus icon and look in the program folder, the Dropbox icon.
- Now confirm with "OK" and the Dropbox starts again automatically.
Login items under OS X 10.7
Dropbox on the Mac incorrectly installed
If the first solution does not help, try this step. There is the possibility that through an Update of OS X, something has changed and therefore your Dropbox will not start is. Maybe the Installation of Dropbox is wrong. Clean it first, and then install Dropbx again.
- Open the Finder, go to the folder "programs" and then locate the Dropbox icon. Delete, insert it with right-click > In the trash.
- Download here the latest Version of Dropbox download.
- Double-click the installation file with the .dmg extension and follow the installation instructions.
- For security, you can make a restart after Installation and see if your Dropbox is now started again automatically.
Prior to Installation clean up
In a further article, you will learn how to use the notifications from Dropbox switched off.
