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Jayson L.'s avatar
Jayson L.
Helpful | Level 7
6 months ago

My Dropbox desktop app was updated on my Windows device. Now I can't tell if my content is synced.

OK, so the day I dreaded seems to have finally come. Dropbox rolled out its "new appearance model" to production, bringing the end of the era of status icons overlaid on program icons and, instead,...
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Jayson L.'s avatar
Jayson L.
Helpful | Level 7
6 months ago

It turns out that the Dropbox application self-updated in the background and the manual update with the downloaded package was unnecessary.

In any event, the problem still persists with the newer version.

Dropbox Windows application updated to 228.4.5567

 

 

 

 

Dropbox folder showing root-level folders showing "Sync Pending" icons in the Status columnApplication status window (from Tray) showing "Your files are up to date"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Status icon showing "Sync pending"

 

 

 

 

 

Sync pending

 

 

 

So, yes, even after the advised update and a reboot, the issue persists.

Doesn't look ready for prime time.

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