Hi,
I use two versions of the following shell script (found on the net), launched by automator, to set up two Dropbox accounts :
Since upgrading to Mavericks, the script hangs when execution is requested. If the execution is then stopped and then requested a second time, the script terminates normally. Anyone have any idea why this might be (I am no expert of either shell scripts or automator) ?
For some reason, my screenshot did not get posted. Here is the script :
bash
HOME=$HOME/Dropbox-perso
/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox &
I am also having the exact same issue with my script. Hoping to find a solution.
just remove bash from your script and it'll work. Enjoy!
Thanks kalakov, but this does not work for me.
I see that in the Automator window from which this script is executed, there is a dropdown list "Shell:", which has several options : bin/bash, bin/csh, bin/ksh, bin/sh, bin/tcsh, bin/zsh, usr/bin/perl, usr/bin/python, usr/bin/ruby.
I have tried several of these options to no effect, other than that some cause Dropbox to say that my Dropbox has been disassociated, and I do I want to re-associate it.
As you can understand, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, so any help would be appreciated!
This didn't work for me either. The script still exhibits the same behavior.
shouldn't that first line be a shebang? i.e.:
#! /bin/bash
ok then do this. Once you have your first Dropbox account set up try the following steps:
1. Create a folder named "Dropbox-second" anywhere you like.
2. Open terminal, write "bash" and press enter.
3. paste the line below and press enter. (Dont close the terminal window)
HOME=$HOME/Dropbox-second /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox &
4. A second dropbox instance will open requiring you to sign in. Go ahead sign-in and then click advanced and point to the "Dropbox-second" folder you created.
5. Close the terminal window and close the second instance of the dropbox from the topbar. (Click on the icon -> Click on the gear -> Quit Dropbox)
6. Now open AppleScript Editor and paste the following
do shell script "HOME=$HOME/Dropbox-second /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
7. Click run and you will see the second icon of Dropbox in the topbar appear again.
8. Click stop and then from file save this as an application anywhere you like. Give a name like "DBMore" or anything you like.
9.Now to make sure everytime you login to your account the second dropbox starts, go to system preferences->users & groups-> select the current user-> click login items on the right->click the + sign to add "DBMore" application you created.
That's it you're done.
10. If you want to be able to differentiate between the two dropbox accounts click on the second dropbox icon in the topbar -> click the gear -> click preferences -> general -> use black and white menu bar icons.
Enjoy! Hope this really helps 😀
Great!
In fact, you solved two problems:
1) If I add the output redirection part (> /dev/null 2>&1) to my automator script, that script now executes normally on the first click on "execute" (see my original question).
2) By using AppleScript Editor instead of Automator to create my script and save it as an application, I actually get an application that can be executed autonomously, including during the login process as you said.
I thought that Automator did everything that Applescript Editor was meant to do, but apparently not. Suprisingly, when creating the script as an Automator "application", I get random results. When executing as a login application it seems to work, at least most of the time, but when double clicking on the same application from the Finder, I get an apple event timeout error code (-1710). I'm curiuous why this should be but you have found me a solution that works. Thanks!
Solved my issue too kalakov. Thanks for figuring this one out for us!
This method works great, but my problem now is that my internal hard drive is full so I have to move my Dropbox-second to an external hard drive. Please help me understand the steps that I need to take to complete the transfer. Thank you so much!
Hello both. I did the the first time and it worked perfectly EXCEPT that the numpty I am, logged in to the same dropbox so now I have two icons for the same dropbox. I tried to run the whole thing again (including deleting and downloading DB again), but when I run the script in the terminal, it just runs the same db again and I don't get the log in page to allow me to log into the second DB account. Can I be helped?
Thanks
Kalakov, thanks for helping out on this thread. I ran the same script for a few years on my 2010 MBP running OS X 10.6. Unfortunately, once I updated to Mavericks about a year ago I noticed the 'dual instances' script stopped working. It may have coincided with updating Dropbox to v3.12.5, but I'm not sure which came first!
In any case, I re-did the steps you describe to create a new script, and now I get the following report from the Dropbox app (I changed personal details to 'user'):
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 3.12.5
bn.DROPBOXEXT_VERSION: failed
bn.is_frozen: True
pid: 17838
ppid: 1
uid: 502
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='user', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='First Surname', pw_dir='/Users/user', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='user', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='First Surname', pw_dir='/Users/user', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 502
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: u'/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources'
real_path=u'/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources'
mode=040755 uid=502 gid=80
parent mode=040755 uid=502 gid=80
HOME: u'/Users/user/Dropbox-secondary'
appdata: u'/Users/user/Dropbox-secondary/.dropbox/instance1'
real_path=u'/Users/iaincox_imac/Dropbox-secondary/.dropbox/instance1'
mode=040700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=040700 uid=502 gid=20
dropbox_path: u'/Users/user/Dropbox-secondary/Dropbox'
real_path=u'/Users/user/Dropbox-secondary/Dropbox'
mode=040700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=040700 uid=502 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/python'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/python'
mode=0100755 uid=502 gid=80
parent mode=040755 uid=502 gid=80
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/site-packages.zip/d ropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyo'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.7/site-pack ages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyo'
not found
parent not found
tempdir: u'/var/folders/b2/l2ys0zdj2470j7zbm84zd1980000gp/T'
real_path=u'/private/var/folders/b2/l2ys0zdj2470j7zbm84zd1980000gp/T'
mode=040700 uid=502 gid=20
parent mode=040755 uid=502 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 387, in wrapper
File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 3379, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "dropbox/client/main.pyo", line 2544, in start
File "dropbox/client/shell/legacy_mac.pyo", line 667, in __init__
File "dropbox/client/shell/legacy_mac.pyo", line 167, in __init__
File "dropbox/client/shell/legacy_mac.pyo", line 180, in bind
File "socket.pyo", line 228, in meth
error: [Errno 48] Address already in use
I think this means the python script is attempting to use the same port for both Dropbox instances, but really I have no idea what I am doing! Any suggestions?
Thanks 😕
Can you please tell me how to undo this?
I would greatly appreciate it.
Dropbox automator script no longer working with Mavericks
