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Arabella Music maniac
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
My iPod is trying to sync to Dropbox and I paused sync, but it's stuck
For some reason Dropbox is trying to sync with my iPod when I connected it to my Windows computer. I wanted to stop it, pressed pause but it doesn't seem to have paused at all: it just says 'pausing...
- 4 years ago
Thanks for the update here!
You might get another prompt to back up your iPod the next time you plug it in to your computer, but you should be able to cancel that.
Arabella Music maniac
4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I saw it just said updating 1300 odd files 39 hours but that's all, and that didn't change over time. So I uninstall Dropbox following a recommendation I saw later from someone else, and have been able to extract my iPod and update jt. When I reinstall Dropbox, what should I do to make sure it doesn't try to sync with my iPod? I really don't want it to, and don't know why it did this time as I don't recall enabling it, it just told me it was doing it!
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 years agoThanks for the update here!
You might get another prompt to back up your iPod the next time you plug it in to your computer, but you should be able to cancel that.
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