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mwdiers
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Dropbox macOS Beta (fileproviderd based Dropbox) is an absolute nightmare!

I made the mistake of opting in to the Dropbox beta which is based on macOS fileproviderd integration, which the update notice insisted was perfectly safe. It is anything but. For the record, I am on...
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ilya1
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Hi Megan, it been syncying for two days 

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morandd
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Two days so far for me.

 

What terrible performance. Visiting 150GB on an M1 Ultra should take seconds, not days. Someone's "Indexing" code was obviously NOT tested.

 

How did Dropbox let this "beta" out. It's a catastrophe. We cannot loose 2-3 days of work due to Dropbox not syncing.

 

 

 

 

 

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