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Kasyan
New member | Level 2
2 hours ago

Dropbox is unnecessarily updating 40,000 files

Device iMac, 3,3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5, 8 GB 2667 MHz DDR4, Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Tahoe 26.3.1 Dropbox App Version The latest Problem Just out of a sudden, with no obv...
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Kasyan
New member | Level 2
1 hour ago

Hello Walter​ !
I'm working on two computers simultaneously: Mac and Windows.
I'm testing scripts for Adobe InDesign — jsx-files — on both platforms. Also, a few test files are involved: InDesign docs, jpeg images, screenshots, etc., which are not heavy.
I see the recent files are being updated though I didn't change them.
I can't see which files are updated and where: there are no blue icons next to folder & file names.

No, I didn't rename/move folders/files.

I rebooted the computer and updating restarted again. The process gobbled almost all free space on the hard drive. Then I selected all the folders and chose 'Make online-only'. In a while, this solved my problem. Update was complete and available space was restored.
I will reload what I need later. 

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    Walter
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    43 minutes ago

    Thanks for the update and please let me know if anything changes Kasyan. Till then, take care!

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