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Mark G.'s avatar
Mark G.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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Perpetually "Syncing (3 files remaining)"

I recently upgraded to a new iMac (IS X Yosemite Version 10.10.1) and transferred all my files, programs and settings from the Time Capsule backup from my older Mac.

Dropbox seemed to transfer fine, but the sync is perpetually "stuck" with the message "Syncing (3 files remaining)".

I have tried unlinking and re-establishing my connection to my Dropbox folder.
I have tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling Dropbox.
I have tried the terminal file listed on the support page (sudo chflags -R nouchg ~/Dropbox ~/.dropbox ~/.dropbox-master)
... and get the following error message.

chflags: /Users/mjgolden/.dropbox-master: No such file or directory
Marks-iMac:~ mjgolden$

Each time the same result: The same message about 3 files and the icon in the menu bar shows the syncing badge.

Any suggestions?

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  • CanyonKid's avatar
    CanyonKid
    9 years ago

    Thanks for the help.  I also identified the files that were causing the trouble (in Mac OSX, in the finder, follow the blue 'syncing' symbol) and renamed the folder containing the files.  Problem solved.

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  • claus r.'s avatar
    claus r.
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    I'm having the same problem on the same Yosemite version, "Syncing (17 files remaining)".

    Any clues?

  • Craig M.'s avatar
    Craig M.
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    I'm also having the same issue - same messages, same OS, gone through the same process.

  • Black Francis's avatar
    Black Francis
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    I'm having the same problem syncing files in several windows based computers, at home , at work... eternal syncing.
    At first sight there no missing files but i'm not sure.

  • Rishi P.'s avatar
    Rishi P.
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    Shutting down dropbox and running this was helpful.

    http://ismashphone.com/2013/09/how-to-fix-dropbox-sync-issues-os-x.html

    I ended up syncing my folders one by one and very quickly narrowed the issue down to one or two problem pdf files. I have no idea what the actual issue with them was, but just I opened them, re-saved them under different names and then synced the renamed files instead of the originals.

  • tilda p.'s avatar
    tilda p.
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    found two dangling/dead symbolic links in the bucket. deleted them and the "Syncing (2 files remaining)" resolved.

  • Peter H.93's avatar
    Peter H.93
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    I find a way to solve this problem. Since a blue sign representing that file is in syncing, I went to find that file delete it. Another case is, I also find a fold is in sync state. I just simply rename it, for example, the fold's name is 'Sample', I rename it as 'sample-1', immediately another fold named as 'sample' just automaticly shows, so delete the 'sample' fold. Finally, Dropbox gets back to normal state.

  • Eric N.10's avatar
    Eric N.10
    New member | Level 1
    11 years ago

    I had this issue. Peter H's method fixed it. Thanks Peter.

    Mac OS 10.10.3

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