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p aplin vft's avatar
p aplin vft
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

The desktop app shows it's up to date, even though files are still waiting to sync.

The Dropbox Task bar App shows that that the Sync is complete in the status bar, however items are continuing to download, upload and show as Waiting for Sync.   Why is this basic function not co...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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2 years ago

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, p aplin vft. 

 

If you open your local Dropbox folder, do you see any blue rotating syncing icons next to any of your files/folders? 

 

Besides the syncing status of your app, I’d also like to know its app version. Is this something you started noticing after a recent update, by any chance? 

 

Let me know more info, and we’ll take a look.

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