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View dropbox sync activity
How do I see what files dropbox is attempting to sync?
Dropbox is consistently the highest CPU consuming app on my mac and I'd like to look at if there are files failing, file permission issue...
Walter, thank you but I’ve been through that article and none of those factors appear to apply. Is there a way to check w Dropbox itself what it’s activity is related to?
1. I have 1/6th the number of files it says where’d you’d notice performance degradation. (I monitor my file counts in Dropbox)
2. My data is in Dropbox and symlinks are only on the outside pointing in.
3. I can see from my “recently synced” list that it’s been days since a file has been uploaded, but that entire time Dropbox is still using several times more energy than anything else (that I actually am using). (addresses permissions, other apps touching files, etc)
Aka Dropbox is not syncing files, at least that I can see, so why is it still using so much energy?
1. I have 1/6th the number of files it says where’d you’d notice performance degradation. (I monitor my file counts in Dropbox)
2. My data is in Dropbox and symlinks are only on the outside pointing in.
3. I can see from my “recently synced” list that it’s been days since a file has been uploaded, but that entire time Dropbox is still using several times more energy than anything else (that I actually am using). (addresses permissions, other apps touching files, etc)
Aka Dropbox is not syncing files, at least that I can see, so why is it still using so much energy?
Well surprisingly over the last 48 hrs the power consumption has dropped to 'normal' background app levels and is at ~1/10th of what it has been. Thankfully. But why? How does someone diagnose why that is?
- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Glad to hear that Noah C.2.
As to what might have happened to cause this, I'd hate to speculate as it can be caused by several factors, not necessarily associated with Dropbox.
Would it be OK if I reached out via email to have a further look into this with account and device specific information?
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