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Mac Ventura 13.4 - Box doesn't work

  • May 23, 2025
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Got the message to manually reset Box drive. Have done it multiple times but the problem is still there. - Can't use box drive at all!

System: Mac M1, Ventura 13.4

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Hi there, 

Welcome to Box Community and glad to assist! 

Please proceed and uninstall your Box Drive: 

  1. Quit Box Drive
  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. While still in the Terminal window, now run the uninstaller script:
    • Type the following and press Enter:
      /Library/Application\ Support/Box/uninstall_box_drive

You do not see your password as you enter it. Just press ENTER when have finished typing it in.

Restart your machine and reinstall Box Drive. 

Hope it works! 

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