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Mac menu bar icon missing with new computer

  • May 23, 2025
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I got a new MacBook and migrated settings. The Box icon is not appearing at all (and it's not from lack of real estate--I've already tested that). I've reinstalled Drive, and that is the only time I can get the app window to appear. After signing in, the app often automatically resets. However, the reset zip file fails (as I tried that earlier). When I open Box from the applications folder, it simply opens the Box Finder window; I cannot access any settings. However, new files I uploaded via the web interface DO show up in Finder, so syncing is occurring. I've toggled the Box Finder Extension multiple times, including restarting the computer in between.

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Hi Josh, 

Welcome to Box Community and glad to assist! 

While we investigate on your issue, can we confirm the following? 

  • Does this happen on all machines that the affected user tries to login to Drive on?
  • Are you able to login in to box.com in your computer's default (Internet Explorer/Safari) browser?
  • Kindly confirm your current Box version and your Operating System? 
  • Can you send screenshots of the Task Manager or Activity Monitor showing the machine's resource usage during the issue?

We'd love to further assist! 


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There's only one machine I'm logging into, and it's my new MacBook.

As I noted, yes, I can log into Box.com, and the Box Drive engine does seem to be running in the background of my computer.

14.4 (23E214)

I can't get the Box version because the app won't show up. I downloaded it directly from the Box website last night, so it should be the most recent version.

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Okay, through using an external monitor, I discovered that despite the fact that I thought I ruled out the icon being hidden by the notch, it was actually being hidden. So Box is working properly, and I adjusted the menu bar icon spacing to have it appear.