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pmeier
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
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Mac slows down on starting with paid Dropbox.

I have to wait on my macs (27" and two 13" Macbook, three and four years old, newest systems) almost 10 to 15 Minutes until i can use other apps, as dropbox syncs so slow the list. After list is load...
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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    8 years ago
    To my mind, the most likely cause should be that files on one of your Macs are removed (i.e. using the Selective sync feature), therefore this has improved your overall syncing speed Josef (pmeier). That’s merely a guess of course, though would you mind checking back to see if this applies to your current setup on either of your devices?  
     
    Additionally, I’d suggest having a look here for some tips to adjust your bandwidth locally, which will help you speed up syncing a bit when it comes to your files uploaded/ downloaded via the client. 
     
    I hope that my advice is a bit more helpful. Let me know how you get on with these steps & we’ll take it from there Josef. Wishing you a wonderful week ahead!
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Jane
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
7 years ago
Glad to see that you got this squared away Shaun (Shaun S.10) & thanks for looping back here to let me know of the progress. Please don’t hesitate to post us again on our Community in the future in case you have more thoughts or questions!
I also appreciate it that you circled back to me on this discussion here Nick (Nick_zz); let me follow-up a bit more closely from where we had left off! 
 
I do have a lot of files (2 million) but am only using a fraction of the total storage. 
Now, it would be worth rephrasing that the performance of the Dropbox desktop app can decline if you have more than 300,000 files synced to your computer. This is a soft limit and depends highly on the hardware specifications of the computer running the app. 
 
(1) it is available on different machines and (2) you don't have to decide what to do with old folders due to lack of capacity. 
While you can store as many files as you have storage space for on your account online Nick, you may not be able to sync all those files to your computer, as this may affect the overall resources allocation. 
 
I hope that this brings a bit more clarity to your inquiry & please let me know here if you have more questions or I've misunderstood your description in any way. Wishing you a wonderful month ahead! 
Rothman and Company's avatar
Rothman and Company
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

where to find out how many files you have in Dropbox folder.  I have a lot there (350 GB), but I don't know how many different files.

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