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o12johns
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Does the desktop app on macOS throttle uploads?

Does Apple throttle uploads from ~/Library/CloudStorage ?  I see long (15 minute) pauses in uploads to Dropbox when syncing.
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o12johns
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Last week, I decided to add a large file (394GB) of videos to Dropbox.  That is when I noticed the long pauses.  It would upload maybe a dozen files and then pause for maybe 15 minutes.  It took a couple of days to upload all of them.  I now wonder if maybe I triggered some spam check at my ISP, and the ISP was inserting the pauses??  I use Google Fiber.

 

I tried adding a folder containing a few dozen files (total several hundred MB) to the Dropbox folder today and there was no pause.  So I could not reproduce the problem today.  Maybe we should put this issue on the back burner until it recurs.

 

The Dropbox status is now "Up to date".  Here is the screen grab you asked for.

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Nancy
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3 years ago

Thanks for the screenshot, o12johns! It’s possible that this was caused by the large upload, indeed, but it’s good it no longer happens now.

 

If you notice something again though, let us know in this thread.

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