"streem is downloading a file from com.box.desktop"
On my Mac, I keep getting a pop-up that "streem is downloading a file from com.box.desktop." The choice is to stop the download or continue. I am not sure what to do here because I don't know if this is a legitimate update from Box or a virus.
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I just got the same thing after a reboot and Box had updated in the process. Now running Box Drive 2.24.208 on Big Sur 11.6.1
Box: PLEASE tell us what this is please as I have never installed anything called "Streem" so I can't see why it should be downloading something onto my Mac....
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I am also getting a bunch of these notifications. Unfortunately, they steal focus while you're working, which can be a bit intrusive.
Apparently Streem is a video/AR software company that Box acquired in 2014. Looks like they provide streaming video for customer support purposes (and mumble mumble AR).
From the article:
Streem’s product will be subsumed into Box’s larger offerings, the company told TechCrunch. That process is underway now.
It's hard to know what this "streem" process is up to here. But the acquisition makes me think it's probably not a virus, just something gone pear-shaped.
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This is the first day I've seen it as well -- also on Big Sur 11.6. It's taking a long time to open up small files (seems like everything had to be re-mapped behind the scenes or something).
Can anyone recommend whether choosing "stop downloading" instead of "continue waiting" would help me open the small files that I'd like to open?
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Update: I'm not sure if I fixed the issue but I seemed to have at the very least make it temporarily subside for now. I uninstalled Box Drive completely from my computer and then reinstalled it. I can't recall if I've seen this message since doing that a few months ago but at least it's not crashing my entire system now. -- Hope this might be helpful for anyone looking for (at the very least) a temporary solution.
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Along with the "streem is downloading" error, I was having an issue syncing filed us. (Files copied into the box folders would not upload, but also would not be accessible from Finder. (Side Note: If anyone else is having this issue, I figured out that you still get to the file by "right clicking" and then "Share" and sending them through iMessage to yourself.)
Recently updated to Box Drive ver. 2.27.221 and immediately got a ton of sync conflicts and stopped getting the stream error, so it seems to have resolved whatever had gone wrong on my end.
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