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Noah C.2
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

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...
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Noah C.2
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

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?

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Walter
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5 years ago
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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    Noah C.2
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago
    Yes please do Walter! Happy to provide logs or whatever else I can.
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    Walter
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    5 years ago
    Sure thing Noah C.2. You've got :envelope: 

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