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Resolved Reconnect unsupported Leopard/Snow Leopard Macs to Dropbox

Can you upload a screenshot from the error message? In Console.app, can u see any lines with SystemVersion faker loaded?
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Sorry, I cam home late this day, so I couldn't do the screenshots for you. But now I did.

Console:
May 28 23:56:49 myname-ibook-g4 arch: SystemVersion faker for Dropbox Loaded (c) Czo 2015.

The Screenshots are in order of appearance of the steps.
1. see-through icon on Desktop
2. visible icon after dropping it on the apps folder
3. password log in window
4. error message
(when I click on the help button I get here https://www.dropbox.com/help/72
 

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Just curious…

Did you try the resolution for OS X that Dropbox has on the bottom of the page you linked to?

  1. Quit Dropbox by clicking on the Dropbox icon from the menu bar, clicking on the gear icon, and selecting Quit Dropbox from the pop-up menu.
  2. Open your Terminal app (located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal).
  3. Copy and paste the following lines into the Terminal, one at a time, and press Return after each one. Please make sure you copy and paste these commands (don't type them by hand), as getting them wrong could cause some harm. You'll be prompted for your computer user's password (not your Dropbox password) after entering the first command. Keep in mind that the password field in the terminal will remain blank as you type your password. After you type it, just press Return.
    sudo chflags -R nouchg ~/Dropbox ~/.dropbox sudo chown "$USER" "$HOME" sudo chown -R "$USER" ~/Dropbox ~/.dropbox sudo chmod -RN ~/.dropbox ~/Dropbox chmod -R u+rw ~/Dropbox ~/.dropbox
    If the location of your Dropbox folder is not ~/Dropbox, make sure you modify all the commands above to point to the correct location.
  4. Restart Dropbox. Dropbox is located in your Applications folder.
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Thanks for the tip.

It gives me the following after putting in the 4th command line

noname:~ myname$ sudo chmod -RN ~/.dropbox ~/Dropbox
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file dropbox.pid: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file new_trace: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file l: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file toolbar_index: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file finderplugin: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file config.db: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file config.dbx: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file dropbox.pid: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file host.dbx: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file hostkeys: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file l: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file unlink.db: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file instance1: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file hostkeys: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file instance.dbx: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file instance_db: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 0: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 55660dee: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file logs: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file unlink.db: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file /Users/myname/.dropbox: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file .dropbox: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file hidden: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file prefetch_cache: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file temp_hidden: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file .dropbox.cache: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file .DS_Store: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file .DS_Store: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 13.aiff: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 1 (128samples), rewire-erhalten normal-a.png: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 2 (128samples), rewire-erhalten normal-b mehrmals durchgelaufen.png: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 3 (256samples), rewire-erhalten live, hohe CPU.png: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file 4 (128samples), rewire-erhalten live, hohe CPU.png: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file Pasted Graphic.tiff: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file TXT.rtf: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file list big Kopie 2.rtfd: Operation not supported
chmod: Failed to clear ACL on file /Users/myname/Dropbox: Operation not supported
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(I shortened some of it, in this post. I deleted several bla bla bla filename: Operation not supported)

After all steps and closing terminal dropbox.app still doesn't work.
 
SMH!

You try to help some people in the Dropbox forums by telling them to Google the solution to their problem and you get told to go eat excrement. Very nice whomever you are over there. Glad you aren't here and you go along without the benefit of the solution.

Sheesh, some people! :D
 
I can confirm the error Cox Orange reported on mac os 10.4. I encouter the same errors on my iMac G4 which is running mac os 10.4.11.

*PS: I think in post 78 it should be rename 'Dropbox' to 'Dropbox-bin' instead of 'Dropbox.bin'
 
Yes, it's seems to not working on Tiger and after the first checks, it's seems to need much more work to fix it. Meantime, i'm uploaded a newer version for Leopard, it's disable update checking, so no more 'upgrading dropbox' slow down.
 
eyoungren said:
SMH!

You try to help some people in the Dropbox forums by telling them to Google the solution to their problem and you get told to go eat excrement. Very nice whomever you are over there. Glad you aren't here and you go along without the benefit of the solution.

Sheesh, some people! :D
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I think it's because some people interpret, " Google it" as a flippant, "It's not my problem" kind of answer...that and they didn't bother reading the full thread to realise you're genuine.
There'll be a lot of hacked off people out there who've just been cut off by Dropbox who aren't savvy enough with computers to go hunting for the solution - hopefully they'll have friends who can help them..as long as they don't go round telling everyone who offers help to "eat s**t" ;)
 
Dronecatcher said:
I think it's because some people interpret, " Google it" as a flippant, "It's not my problem" kind of answer...that and they didn't bother reading the full thread to realise you're genuine.
There'll be a lot of hacked off people out there who've just been cut off by Dropbox who aren't savvy enough with computers to go hunting for the solution - hopefully they'll have friends who can help them..as long as they don't go round telling everyone who offers help to "eat s**t" ;)
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Yeah I get that. I wasn't offended. Just nonplussed.
 
eyoungren said:
SMH!

You try to help some people in the Dropbox forums by telling them to Google the solution to their problem and you get told to go eat excrement. Very nice whomever you are over there. Glad you aren't here and you go along without the benefit of the solution.

Sheesh, some people! :D
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Huh?
 
jbarley said:
Erik, you gave it your best shot.
Can't help but remember that old saying...
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink!
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Yeah. The wierd thing about this is that all I really felt was regret for the poster. No anger, just a realization that they'd walked away from a solution to their problem.

Ah well. We all make choices in life.

Thanks for the support James!
 
eyoungren said:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/com...5-Pulling-support-for-Mac-OS-10-4-10-5?page=6

Comment at the bottom by M.S.

;)
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Ah, ok. Well,...

Probably is like Dronecather said and you assumed, too. He probably felt offended and thought you were saying "your are stupid, can't people use google these days anymore?".

Btw. there is worse than being called "eat ****". I was called by a call-center and an Indian was on the phone claiming, he was caling from microsoft headquaters. When he wanted details and I asked, what the reason was for his call. He started over from the beginning and I interrupted him "yes I know, but, WHY do you call? If you are not going to tell, what the purpose is of this call, I can not trust you that it is really from microsoft. Also I'd think they use other means to contact me..." He then interrupted me and said "please. Listen Sir. Please" and then went on like he was giving me a detailed guide on how to fix a PC problem, in the same tone. "Listen. You are a mo****fu****, OK, Sir? Please, go and f your mother or your sister." :D
 
Cox Orange said:
Ah, ok. Well,...

Probably is like Dronecather said and you assumed, too. He probably felt offended and thought you were saying "your are stupid, can't people use google these days anymore?".

Btw. there is worse than being called "eat ****". I was called by a call-center and an Indian was on the phone claiming, he was caling from microsoft headquaters. When he wanted details and I asked, what the reason was for his call. He started over from the beginning and I interrupted him "yes I know, but, WHY do you call? If you are not going to tell, what the purpose is of this call, I can not trust you that it is really from microsoft. Also I'd think they use other means to contact me..." He then interrupted me and said "please. Listen Sir. Please" and then went on like he was giving me a detailed guide on how to fix a PC problem, in the same tone. "Listen. You are a mo****fu****, OK, Sir? Please, go and f your mother or your sister." :D
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I hear you.

Again, this didn't make me angry. Just kind of sad for that person. Now someone is suggesting that Dropbox released a paid app for PowerPC.

Sometimes people are just strange. There's a freebie out there (in this thread) that will solve all their problems but because no one wants to Google they'd rather use foul language and offer Dropbox money.

SMH! LOL!
 
Czo said:
I made a more elegant workaround for this.

I wrote a small dynamic library (dylib), that replace osx internal file open system call (fopen) with a faked version, that redirect any read from systemversion.plist to another file. Then replaced Dropbox launcher, with a prepared launcher because we need to inject the modified fopen to dropbox.

Source code, and modified .app, available here: http://homokozo.czo.hu/dropboxfixppc/
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Thanks a lot, Czo!!! Works great!
 
@Czo Is there a better download link for the latest modification? Every time I try to download this it cuts off at around 20+mb. I can't get Stuffit Expander or Archive Utility to open it.
 
EDIT 07.08.2015: The trick below is unnecessary if using the download from Czo in Post 118.

While awaiting Czo's response, here's a trick to prevent constant updating of the app. Select the Dropbox app in the Applications folder, right click and "Show Package Contents". Inside the Contents folder find the info.plist file and open it in an editor. Find the 3.2.9 version number and change it to the latest. At the time of this posting, 3.6.7.

You should find and edit two entries related to the bundle. Save. Restart the app. Curiously, it will still report as 3.2.9, but background updating will stop.
 
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pr100 said:
Czo, thank you for all your great work on this. I don't have a PPC Mac but I have had my Dropbox - v. 3.2.9 (Universal) - taken away because I am running Os 10.5.8 on my 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac.

Do you know if I can hack it back to life? Although a Mac user for 30 years, I am a novice at this stuff.

Thanks forever if you can help.
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The app should be universal. All Czo did was modify a few things, not the actual app itself. Try downloading it and running it and see what happens.
 
eyoungren said:
The app should be universal. All Czo did was modify a few things, not the actual app itself. Try downloading it and running it and see what happens.
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Thanks eyoungren. As I couldn't see an idiot's guide, could you, or anyone, please tell me what to do with the files I have downloaded, ie:

build.sh

Dropbox (plain text)

dropbox_faker.c

dropbox_faker.dylib

Dropbox.app

SystemVersion.plist
 
pr100 said:
Thanks eyoungren. As I couldn't see an idiot's guide, could you, or anyone, please tell me what to do with the files I have downloaded, ie:

build.sh

Dropbox (plain text)

dropbox_faker.c

dropbox_faker.dylib

Dropbox.app

SystemVersion.plist
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No need to worry about anything other than Dropbox.app.

Put that in your Applications folder and run it.

All the other files are already existant inside the Dropbox.app file and support the method the app needs to get around Dropbox cutting us off. Czo provides them in the download solely for anyone who may wish to mess with those support files themselves. So, you can ignore them.
 
eyoungren said:
No need to worry about anything other than Dropbox.app.

Put that in your Applications folder and run it.

All the other files are already existant inside the Dropbox.app file and support the method the app needs to get around Dropbox cutting us off. Czo provides them in the download solely for anyone who may wish to mess with those support files themselves. So, you can ignore them.
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Thank you. The answer is that it quits on opening:

Process: Dropbox-bin [71595]
Path: /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox-bin
Identifier: Dropbox-bin
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: sh [71593]

Interval Since Last Report: 40011626 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 190
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Date/Time: 2015-07-23 15:59:39.657 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 2208BF16-D0B0-4832-B299-D12C875C0787

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
could not load inserted library: /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/../fix/dropbox_faker.dylib
 
pr100 said:
Thank you. The answer is that it quits on opening:

Process: Dropbox-bin [71595]
Path: /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox-bin
Identifier: Dropbox-bin
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: sh [71593]

Interval Since Last Report: 40011626 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 190
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Date/Time: 2015-07-23 15:59:39.657 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: 2208BF16-D0B0-4832-B299-D12C875C0787

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
could not load inserted library: /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/../fix/dropbox_faker.dylib
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Ah bummer! Looks like it's not loading the fix, although it actually does start.

Hopefully Czo may be able to solve this for you.

In the meantime, if you search back through this thread for NathanJHill's solution, you can at least modify the system version, run Dropbox (not Czo's version), reconnect to Dropbox and then change the system version back. There's a link to Nathan's post on this in Post #1.

That'll at least let you use Dropbox until Czo can work on this (if he can).
 
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