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dropitoverthere
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Dropbox Finder Extension on Mac Resource Consumption

Since upgrading to Big Sur, I have started noticing Dropbox Finder Extension occasionally spawning multiple instances and consuming tons of resources.  This ends up causing my mac to become unrespons...
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dropitoverthere
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

@lusil You can see the multiple DFE (Dropbox Finder Extension) processes being spawned.  They seem to keep multiplying.  My best guess is when I use the save dialog in Firefox maybe that is when they start being spawned.

 

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Lusil
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5 years ago
Thanks for letting me know, dropitoverthere, and thanks for joining us on this thread, redseb!

Could you confirm if you installed the desktop app with admin privileges?

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