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Steven L.27's avatar
Steven L.27
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

Selective sync does not load folders

OS: macOS Sierra 10.12 I am unable to use selective sync. I open Dropbox Preferences > Account and click on Change Settings for Selective Sync. Dropbox opens a window and it says "Loading more fold...
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Kevin M.56's avatar
Kevin M.56
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Misery loves company.  For some reason I decided to update to the latest version, and since then nothing syncs, selectively or otherwise.  I won't say I've tried everything, but probably most things.

1. Tried various "latest" builds, including the one I had been running.

2. Tried starting w/ an empty Dropbox directory.

3. Removed all traces of Dropbox, rebooting, reinstalling.

4. Resetting permissions and unlink/link.

Like Michael D, an overnight got me selective sync folders, but no syncing. No errors in Console either.

Running up-to-date El Capitan. status.dropbox.com says everything is operational...

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