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Unexpectedly Syncing Enormous Amount of Files + Constant Crashing = Dropbox Nightmare
TL;DR - Many files seem to be indexing for no reason, some seem to be downloading locally, dropbox app is crashing every 5 minutes, I've tried most of the troubleshooting techniques, and have no solu...
I seem to have solved my issues. Here's how it was done;
- I deleted one of my huge folders that was taking up a lot of the file count (3+ million files - all online only)
- I unlinked and relinked Dropbox
- I Selective Synced all but that one folder
- Dropbox is stable again!!!
Thanks to all the Dropbox staff that helped out.
I seem to have solved my issues. Here's how it was done;
- I deleted one of my huge folders that was taking up a lot of the file count (3+ million files - all online only)
- I unlinked and relinked Dropbox
- I Selective Synced all but that one folder
- Dropbox is stable again!!!
Thanks to all the Dropbox staff that helped out.
So the problem was that Dropbox choked on 3 million files. Good to know. I'll be looking elsewhere for a better solution.
It seems to be a problem with the Computer's File System more than anything. Dropbox on the Web works just fine with my now 5+ million files spanning over 19 TB.
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