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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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crabcakes
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Jay I'm scared to do so as it might delete my Dropbox files, no?

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    Jay
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    1 year ago

    If you don't wish to perform the advanced reinstall, feel free to contact the support team directly to see if they can provide any alternative troubleshooting for this behavior you're experiencing.

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