In System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Accessibility: Dropbox.app is there and it is checked.
Why does Dropbox need access to the OS's accessibility features? Is it safe to uncheck it, will it keep working fine?
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In System Preferences, Security & Privacy, Accessibility: Dropbox.app is there and it is checked.
Why does Dropbox need access to the OS's accessibility features? Is it safe to uncheck it, will it keep working fine?
Best Answer
July 18, 2019 (update)
Found this related post detailing the behavior and another one from the same author explaining how Dropbox deceives the user into getting accessibility permissions.¹
¹These are both close to two years old, but only found them today.
January 18, 2019 (update)
I installed Dropbox today on Mojave and in settings there is something regarding accessibility I had not seen before. Image follows.
From Dropbox help center:
Additional information from the Dropbox help center:
July 12, 2016 (old answer)
I found an answer in the community forum of Dropbox. A user sent a ticket to Dropbox asking about this and he posted the reply there. According to the reply, Dropbox needs to control the computer in order to keep our data safe. I'm copying both the ticket and the answer over here.
Another user asked the following pertinent questions, but he never got any answers for those at least not in that thread.