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Clean My Mac update caused TOTAL FILE RESYNC
I just updated clean my mac ran it and now my Dropbox is resyncing ALL THE FILES. What went wrong? I don't want this to happen again. Thank you.
Hi, that's Volodymyr from MacPaw, company that developed CleanMyMac app.
Thanks for contacting us on that, we've located what exactly causing that and fixed that. So with the upcoming update of the app this will be fixed.
Have a great day!
Regards,
Volodymyr
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIWhen Dropbox indexes your data, a local database of your files is created. Dropbox uses this database to keep track of what files are stored locally, what files need to sync, etc. If the cleaning apps remove this database during their drive cleanup, Dropbox will have to re-index your files.
Rich wrote:When Dropbox indexes your data, a local database of your files is created. Dropbox uses this database to keep track of what files are stored locally, what files need to sync, etc. If the cleaning apps remove this database during their drive cleanup, Dropbox will have to re-index your files.
I'm having exactly the same problem with 40,000 files re-syncing every time. What is the Dropbox database file called so I can add it to the "Ignore List" i Clean My Mac?
Can we get an answer to this?
- FOLKS I HAVE THE SOLUTION. The problem is cache-related. When you remove Dropbox cache files, the application needs to reindex the database.
If you want to avoid this process, add Dropbox cache files to ignore list.
To do this, run CleanMyMac's System Junk module...
...press "Review Details"....
....in the search line type "Dropbox"
...right-click or command-click on located files....
select "Add to Ignore List".
Voila. Next time you Clean, your Dropbox should be fine.Excellent thanks, that was a really simple fix.
- 20170723_085408 I have tried to use ignore list but it doesn't stick for next clean.
