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Jack D-77's avatar
Jack D-77
Explorer | Level 3
1 month ago

Why is Dropbox indexing on every restart of my computer?

Using a M3 Ultra Mac Studio, Sequoia 15.5, with Dropbox v239.4.8301 running on an external drive.  This issue has been an issue since last June, and I have been lucky to avoid any major issues ...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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1 month ago

Hey Jack D-77 - thanks for lettings us know about this.

I'm afraid what you described is normal and expected since the Dropbox desktop app will always re-index your files upon rebooting to check for any changes made on the web and/or from other devices or users. 

That said, may I ask approximately how many files you've stored in your Dropbox folder? Have you considered using the website when this happens by the way?

Let us know more and we'll take it from there. 

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