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libart-steve
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

Dropbox app on File Provider using 6GB of RAM while the app is updated, and not syncing.

I have a lot of files (>370K) but vast majority are online only after trying to address this issue via solutions in other threads. I have 134GB of local files and maybe 500gb more are online-only. ...
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libart-steve
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

I do have BackBlaze and CleanMyMac running at the same time. 

I shut those down and no change to memory usage. I restarted Dropbox and now DropboxFileProvider is down to 341mb which is fine. Will keep an eye on it and see if it goes back up with heavy usage. 

Here's my activity monitor (post DB restart) and DB folder properties: 

 

 

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    Nancy
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    11 months ago

    Thanks for the screenshots, libart-steve! If the issue resurfaces, please let us know here and we’ll check this for you.

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