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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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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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6 months ago

Hey everyone, since the issue described on this thread is similar to what's on this thread, can you take a look at Vlad's response, to see if it helps?

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

I literally left my computer on since the update took place. It's been days. If it takes that long for the app to play nice with Windows, I don't feel confident in the longer term cooperation.

Like I said, I'm migrating away from Dropbox. If I cannot have control over where my data lives, it's no longer the solution for me. 

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