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lowenhamn's avatar
lowenhamn
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

I only have 750GB synced on my 1TB external drive, but it keeps getting full.

I bought a Mac Mini earlier this year and as most Mac Mini owners, the internal drive is too small. So I added a 1TB SSD to a Acasis case (the mini Mac Pro lookalike-case) and followed all the instru...
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Hannah
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3 months ago

Thanks for the reply, lowenhamn​.

Let's try to gather some more info so we can troubleshoot this accordingly.

Can you let me know what your computer's exact OS version is?

Also, which version of the Dropbox app are you using and what is the exact sync status of the app?

You can see this info by hovering over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar.

And do you have any third party apps that might be accessing the files in question?

lowenhamn's avatar
lowenhamn
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

Cheers!

I'm on Sequoia 15.6.1.
Dropbox 233.3.4791 

Last time it happened, I deleted the app and reinstalled it. And now it has been fully synced, registered and indexed for a couple of days. But that was the status before as well, and then something happens and it starts downloading files, filling the drive and stops syncing.

I don't think I have any apps that wants to access this huge amount of files? I would love for RekordBox to download online files, but it doesn't.

 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    3 months ago

    Thanks for the update!

    Would it be possible that an antivirus or some kind of security app scans the files, when you start the computer? This could be a reason why they get downloaded.

    • lowenhamn's avatar
      lowenhamn
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 months ago

      Not any that I have installed. I don't think Mac OS Sequoia has that sort of apps built in.

       

      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
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        3 months ago

        Hi again, lowenhamn! I see that you’re currently running the beta app version (233.3.4791), which is experimental. 

        Can you try switching to the stable app version instead (232.4.5988) and let me know if this behavior persists? You’ll need to turn off early releases on your General tab first and then, download the stable version via this link.

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