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Mark E.29
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3 years ago

Is LAN sync functional on the Mac OS version of Dropbox? How can I tell it is working?

Hello, I have a drobox of about 800gb and when I added a Macbook Pro 2015 to dropbox it has been syncing for about 5 days and still has 750gb to go.  My M1 Macbook Pro on the same hardwired network...
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Megan's avatar
Megan
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3 years ago

Hi Mark E.29, let's jump right into this! 

 

You mentioned that you want to check if your LAN connection is working the way it should. 

 

Can you check this article, to make sure the feature is enabled on your app?

 

Also, you said that you have about 800GB on your Dropbox account, therefore I'd assume you have more than 300K files saved, which would be the soft limit of our app. 

 

Have you chosen for all of them to be synced locally to the device?

 

Keep me posted!

  • Mark E.29's avatar
    Mark E.29
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    The "Enable LAN sync" is checked on both machines.  Bandwidth is also set to unlimited in both directions.

    Yes, all my files are set for local storage on both devices. 

     

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
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      3 years ago

      Hi Mark E.29, syncing that amount of files locally to the device is a lot of work. 

       

      However, like you mentioned it should have proceeded more, but that depends purely on the size of your content and how large these files are. 

       

      I would like for you to locate your Dropbox icon, next to your WiFi and hover your mouse there. That should give you the version of the app you're using, can you check? 

      • Mark E.29's avatar
        Mark E.29
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        167.4.4719 on both of the machines.

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