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gerryvdbyl
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Dropbox won't start on MacBook.

Dropbox won't start on my MacBook anymore.  It worked for years, but suddenly it stopped.  When I click on the icon in the top bar, it used to show recent files, access to files, etc.  Now it jus s...
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gerryvdbyl's avatar
gerryvdbyl
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi Megan

 

Currently I have 41056 items in my Dropbox.  But surely if it was the "soft limit", I'd experience the same problem on all devices?

 

According to Finder Get Info:

"176,510,637,499 bytes (3.65 GB on disk) for 41,056 items"

 

Gerry

 

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hey Gerry, I just reached out via email, in order for us to have a closer look into this! 

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