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Mark Kroll
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

The 3-day Syncing Fever on MAC 12.6 w 4TB

First off, I am indebted to Dropbox as it saved me last year when our house was hit by lightning. I had everything on DB for travel convenience (travel laptop vs tower) so I lost nothing. It took 5 d...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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3 years ago

Hey Mark Kroll, thanks for posting on our Community and happy Monday.

 

Just to make sure we're on the same page, can you send us a screenshot of the app's exact status and version as shown in your menu bar?

 

Also, have you checked this Help Center article yet? 

 

Any additional information is more than welcome, Mark. 

Mark Kroll's avatar
Mark Kroll
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Dropbox Staff using the name "Rebecca" told me that the issue was me having > 300k files in sync status so I moved a bunch to Online only. Hopefully that will help. Seems faster on bootup for sure.  It is a bit frustrating since some old files are not coming up in my Mac Finder now but I can go online to find them. IF, I remember that they exist.

 

I will definitely send a screen shot if this occurs again.

 

Mark

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