Dropbox icon suddenly missing

[KimHansenDK]

I have just set up a new MacBook Air and in this process I have installed dropbox which has ben syncing for a while. When I started up the machine today the icon in the top menu bar is gone.

Tried deleting the finder.plist file and restarted the machine but no luck.

I have caffeine and better touch tool installed and those icons show up fine...

Any suggestions?

 

[S.B.G]

I noticed sometimes when I restart my computer that Dropbox didn't automatically start up with it and obviously the icon was missing as well. Have you tried just launching Dropbox after a restart?

 

[q64ceo]

In System Preferences, go to Users and Groups then Login items tab.
Ensure that DropBox is loading on boot

 

[KimHansenDK]

I noticed sometimes when I restart my computer that Dropbox didn't automatically start up with it and obviously the icon was missing as well. Have you tried just launching Dropbox after a restart?

When I double click the app icon nothing happens.

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In System Preferences, go to Users and Groups then Login items tab.
Ensure that DropBox is loading on boot

The Dropbox app was not listed at all....strange

But adding the app manually worked.

Thanks!

 

[S.B.G]

When I double click the app icon nothing happens.

In that case I would recommend fully deleting Dropbox from your computer following the steps outlined in the following link. Then reinstall Dropbox and see what happens.

Best way to fully delete a program.

 

[q64ceo]

The Dropbox app was not listed at all....strange

But adding the app manually worked.

Thanks!

No probs