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Doug H.19's avatar
Doug H.19
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

I added many folders to my MacBook's Dropbox folder, but they've disappeared.

The dropbox folder on my MacBook got corrupted. I uninstalled the app and re-installed and tried sync’ing from scratch. I’m only getting partial results. My iMac has 1,691 items, including folders ...
desktop
Mac
sync
Jay's avatar
Jay
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1 year ago

Hi Doug H.19, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Do you see any recent events or deleted files which would help to explain what you're experiencing currently?

Do you have selective sync enabled for any of the missing folders?

This will help me to assist further!

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