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Anna R.5
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Extremely slow "Move of Dropbox folder to new location"

So if you're having this problem (like I did) I just wanted to let you know what solved it for me. I started the move and followed instructions here. I had about 77000 files and they copied at a ra...
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Lusil
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6 years ago

Hey Anna R.5, welcome to the Dropbox Community. 

Thanks for sharing what did the trick for you and awesome work on the troubleshooting! :beers:

If you have any other comments or questions you'd like to forward, just give us a shout here. 

In the meantime, have a lovely weekend ahead!

  • HDS2's avatar
    HDS2
    Helpful | Level 5
    5 years ago

     To add to this: Backblaze, TimeMachine and other tools that monitor that hard disc(s) also slow this process down. (It's still dramatically slower than just moving the files with Finder, though) 

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