Dropbox is asking for my Macbooks PW!

Yes, I am also having this problem. I always exit and do not respond to the prompt; and I have clean re-installed Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 on my iMac mid-2011 with 32 Gb Memory and it is still having problems with Dropbox, with loading applications on start-up in a timely fashion, with Finder frequently not responding (and it does not improve when it is relaunched), and with the bird application taking greater than 100% CPU time (I have been told in Apple Support Communities that bird is an iCloud Drive application). There is no reason for Dropbox to require your or my computer password. This is either a bug, a deliberate attempt to access information on our computers that should not be accessed, or Mac OS X Yosemite is not playing nice with Dropbox. As a customer of both companies I really do not care who is to blame. I just want the problem fixed. Apple and Dropbox should not be pointing fingers. They should be solving problems for their customers.

It's not just Yosemite; this happens to me on Mountain Lion upon startup, consistently and annoyingly. I've given it the password dozens of times (yikes, hope my security's not being breached). Bad app behavior.

Linc Davis wrote:

the password prompt is normal behavior.

Not exactly. Dropbox has never asked me for my Mac os password. At the initial setup, you set up your own personal password. The op is claiming Dropbox is asking for their Mac os password. Reason why the op should notify Dropbox tech support.

epcontroller wrote:

Thank you CMCSK and Linc. I am going to go the Dropbox tech support route, just to see what they say. But I am curious to see if others have gotten this same popup and had any problems with Dropbox.

I've been with Dropbox since around 2008 or so. Now it's possible that the newer versions need the Mac os password. I do know this was not so, when it was initially released.

Dropbox isn't just a simple application; it modifies the operating system at a low level, and in order to do that, it needs to be authorized by you. There's no way I would ever use it, but the password prompt is normal behavior.

You should be dealing with Dropbox tech support. Ask them.