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fooosco's avatar
fooosco
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

Dropbox desktop app on Mac not syncing 1.8 GB worth of data.

Hello, I’ve been a Dropbox user for many years and have always been very satisfied with your service. However, for the past few days my Dropbox app on macOS has been stuck syncing around 1.8 GB of ...
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Megan's avatar
Megan
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9 months ago

Hey fooosco​, welcome to our Community!

Could you hover your mouse over the little Dropbox icon on your menu bar, next to your WiFi and clarify the app version you're using, along with its current syncing status?

I’d also like you to right-click on your local Dropbox folder directly, select “Get info” and send me a screenshot of the next window you’ll see. 

Keep me posted!

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