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PeterThillemann
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago
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Smart sync icons missing

Hi there - Desktop app is installed and we are connected and smart sync is working but no icons appear an my folders anymore? Futhermore Dropbox is syncing not stop.   Can U help?
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  • PeterThillemann's avatar
    PeterThillemann
    8 years ago

    STOP. It's working. Great

     

    Thanks!

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PeterThillemann
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

Hi,

I’ve now disconnected to the device and reconnected it.

The result is a warning saying something like “your dropbox folder has over 300.000 files it will take a long time to synchronise we’’ reccomand to keep the folders online. Which is exactly what I want. (just like icloud).

 

But now all the files is marked with minus sign and it is still not possible to smart synch the folders! If I upload a test file in the root it’s working see test_dropbox.txt but when I upload files into a folder with a minus I can’t see or use smart synch!

So now I activated selective Sync, which I think was big mistake.

I don’t get :(

 

PeterThillemann's avatar
PeterThillemann
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

STOP. It's working. Great

 

Thanks!

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    8 years ago

    Glad to hear you managed to resolve your concern in the end PeterThillemann!

    Should you come up with a Dropbox question or issue in the future, please let us know and we will be happy to help!

    Cheers!

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