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robynphd
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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Syncing is stuck on a Mac. What could be the culprit here?

I have a Mac Air (photo attached includes system data). I have noticed for the last two days that the DropBox desktop icon is constantly syncing three files. I have no "blue icons" in my Dropbox fold...
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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    7 years ago
    Hey WolfgangHaak, I’ve moved your post here, as the two descriptions are very similar & I’d like to see if the troubleshooting posted here fixes this issue for you. Could you have a quick look on our suggestions above?
     
    There’s also a new Stable Build that was released just yesterday → (Stable Build 84.4.170). Could you give it a go if it’s not too much trouble & see if this gets the syncing issue sorted? 
     
    Thanks again & please let us know of the outcome here!
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robynphd
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

...and no response to the last command listed in the PS

I'll try Jane's recommendations later on...busy right now with work stuff!

 

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
7 years ago

Ok, What you see is fine again. Bad thing is there is some other problem. As a last move take a look here, when you have some time.

Hope that will help.

PS: Would be fine to try following commands also (to ensure there a no any locks left)|:

sudo chflags -R noschg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chflags -R nouchg "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"
sudo chown -R "$USER" "/Users/$USER/Dropbox"

Will be asked for your password (sudo).

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