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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 years ago

Incorrect data transfer prediction

Hi everyone, I'm moving hundreds of gigabytes to DropBox. However, from what I see on the top bar of DropBox on my Mac, the calculation of the amount of data to move is happening slowly. To clarify, ...
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dragonvideoeditor1
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I am also having this issue! I began uploading a 30GB file at 10PM and it did not finish until around 10AM. However, the estimated time at the beginning of the upload was 55 minutes, and when I checked on it at 9AM, it said two minutes. I routinely have this same issue.

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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 years ago

I added to my DropBox space on my Mac about 60 GB to transfer online. This is the result after 5 minutes 😂

 

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