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Mac box app

  • May 23, 2025
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Hi

I see the folder and files in a certain folder within finder but I cant open it

says cant find file

I can drag the file to the desktop and edit it and put back in the folder

but just cant open straight from the folder

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Hi there, 

Welcome to Box Community and glad to help! 

Can we start by confirming your Operating System and your current Box version?

We'd love to further assist! 


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Hi

I have Mac ventura 13.5

box app Version 2.34.84


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Hi there, 

Good day! 

Kindly reset your Box Drive manually, 

To manually reset Box Drive on a Mac (File Provider Extension mode)

  1. Quit Box Drive if it's currently running.
  2. Open a Terminal window and run the following command:
    fileproviderctl domain remove -A com.box.desktop.boxfileprovider; defaults delete com.box.desktop; rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Box/Box

    This command will:

    • Archive all files that are not synced (not uploaded to Box) from "~/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box" and move it to a new folder at "~/Box-Box (Archive)

      Note

      If you already have a "~/Box-Box (Archive)" folder from a previous manual reset, the folder will be named "~/Box-Box (Archive) 2", or if that name is already taken, "~/Box-Box (Archive) 3", and so on.

    • Exclude from the above archive files that are “up-to-date” or synced on Box
    • Re-create the parent hierarchy of the archived files
  3. Restart Box Drive and follow the prompt to log back in.

Hope it works!