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Dropbox syncing takes forever sometimes. And sync check-marks keep disappearing.
We have issues with our company Dropbox, where checkmarks/cloud sync icons sometimes disappear and reappear.
Also, the right mouse click options (online-only, share, make available offline, etc.) ...
Hi Dennis_Zuiderlicht, do you have over 300k files in your Dropbox folder on your machine, regardless if they're available offline or online-only?
Jay
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Dropbox Community ModeratorHi Dennis_Zuiderlicht, do you have over 300k files in your Dropbox folder on your machine, regardless if they're available offline or online-only?
Hey Jay, most definitely. When I reinstalled Dropbox, the Dropbox icon in the top right said it was indexing about 1.4 million files.
And even though it doesn't matter but most of those are online-only.
Edit: I found a Dropbox article about a 300K files syncing soft cap, where depending on your hardware it may or may not work properly.
Together with one of my colleagues, I've unsynced our entire archive with thousands of files. I will test and see if it works better now. 🙂
- Megan
Thank you, Dennis!
Keep an eye out, and if you notice any inconsistencies make sure to let us know, and we'll happily look closely into this.
Hi Megan and Jay, turning off millions of files that were synced to my Mac made a day and night difference. Even while Dropbox is still busy with lots of stuff in the background, everything works as I'd expect. My colleague did the same test with me also has the same experience that everything works much better now.
Thanks, both of you for your help.
- Megan
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