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crabcakes
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

DB is consuming massive energy and making my MacBook Air super hot. Desktop app missing in action.

Running Sonoma 14.4.1 on M2 Macbook Air.    Desktop app no longer showing up in menu bar (!!!!!), DB is taking up 97% of usage making my MacBook super hot. Tried reinstalling app twice, still no ...
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Megan's avatar
Megan
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1 year ago

Hi crabcakes, let's see what we can find together about that! 

 

When you say that you no longer see the Dropbox icon on the menu bar, are you talking about your small Dropbox icon, next to your WiFi or the bigger one on your menu bar that re-directs you to your Dropbox folder in Finder ?

 

It might sound trivial, but have you tried re-starting your device at all since you noticed this? 

 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

crabcakes's avatar
crabcakes
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Hi Megan, thanks for your reply. The icon next to my wifi. It hasn't been in my menu bar for a few months. And yes, I restart my machine regularly after using Cocktail and in this instance after reinstalling DB. 

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