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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 DFE does not appear to be a high consumer of CPU when the processes multiply.  Although, they do have a very noticeable impact of causing the mouse pointer to change to the spinning color wheel while the system is unresponsive.  It's possible CPU is high at this point, but it's something that is difficult to observe or measure given the lack of responsiveness.

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Lusil
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5 years ago
Could you have a look at this article, which mentions a few ways to tackle high CPU usage, and let me know if any of the troubleshooting suggested helps?
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    LHM1
    Helpful | Level 6
    5 years ago

    I have too many Dropbox Finder Extensions too (though not as many as the other user). I have read the article Lusil posted and none of those situations apply to me. I have just installed Dropbox on a new MacBook Air, M1 chip, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD, Running Version 11.4 of Mac Big Slur.  Why are there so many Finger Extensions? Most of my Dropbox files are online, I just have about 700 files synced locally. 

     

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        LHM1
        Helpful | Level 6
        5 years ago

        Hello Jay, thanks for your quick reply. I'm on Dropbox Plus. I do have 4 devices connected: iMac, Macbook (new), iPad and iPhone. Also, just to reiterate, I did a brand new install on a brand new computer. Knowing this, do you still suggest I do an advanced reinstall? How could anything have gone wrong in such a new configuration? Just wondering. Thanks. 

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