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Viqhaas M.'s avatar
Viqhaas M.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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Dropbox is re-syncing my files again?

Why on earth is this happening ?!? its resyncing everything again nothing has been changed why ?
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  • DOsinga's avatar
    DOsinga
    9 years ago

    I don't recall any changes to the OS etc. It didn't say re-indexing, it said updating and the number of files kept increasing. After one or two days it was still going like crazy.

     

    I found online somewhere that I should delete filecache.dbx. I did that, restarted dropbox. Now it did re-index all files, but this only took a couple of hours. I've not had a problem since.

     

    I think it would be nice if Dropbox would pay attention to this sort of thing in a more timely fashion for paying customers.

77002's avatar
77002
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

ALSO How did this unsolved problem get moved to a discussion marked "solved"?

Nancy's avatar
Nancy
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
3 years ago

Hey 77002, sorry for jumping in. 

 

Just a clarification here; do you mean that your Dropbox app was updated to the latest app version when this started? Did you have any other OS updates perhaps?

  • 77002's avatar
    77002
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Yes, updated to latest dropbox app version—184.4.6543.

     

    No, no other OS updates contemporaneous.

    • 77002's avatar
      77002
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      For almost 36 hours, Dropbox has been slowing my desktop computer to near uselessness. The number of files being "updated" (whatever that means—the company seems to think we're not entitled to know) fluctuates with no apparent pattern.

       

      Let's talk alternatives to Dropbox.

       

       

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        3 years ago

        Hi 77002, is your Dropbox folder located in ~/Library/CloudStorage?

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