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Helpful | Level 5
1 year ago

Having problems syncing with File Provider on Mac OS

Ok this thing just never seems to work anymore. I've updated to the new File Provider system, hoping to alleviate some of the pain of using Dropbox on MacOS (I use Ableton a lot and supposedly synced...
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Jay
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1 year ago

Hi FesT, could you clarify exactly what you mean by the syncing not working properly, or not being stable?

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FesT
Helpful | Level 7
1 year ago

Jay as I mentioned before, my observations so far: the app is randomly not syncing while trying to make folders "available offline". And sometimes it stops syncing completely.

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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the info, if you're continuing to experience these issues, could you contact the support team directly for them to investigate this in more detail?

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