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Too high disk activity
While I'm using my computer normally without touching anything Dropbox related, the Dropbox process (I have a system monitor installed that shows disk usage and which process is using it the most amo...
its too late for that sanchez.. happily using google drive now
Yeah, I loved dropbox concept since I knew it, and it worked very well at begining, but little issues like this are driving me to think about alternatives to dropbox.
If somebody is implementing a better usable product, certainly I will consider switch.
I'm hoping that the "Infinite Project" change this performance issues, since dropbox will have kernel access I belive it will be possible to work in a smartest way.
The way dropbox watch for file-changes don't seems to be the best way.
Besides performance issues it has another issues.
Another day I was planning to make big changes in my dropbox file structure, so I fully-synced my two computers(A and B) to make sure computer 'B' had'nt nothing to upload and computer 'A' nothing to download.
So, two computers with "green sync icon" I shutdown computer 'B' and start my reorganization in computer 'A'.
When I had finished with the changes I start computer 'B' to receive the changes, but to my surprise, dropbox start to upload old computer 'B' folders to dropbox again, making hundreds of duplicate files and folders.
I really think dropbox should take care of these types of issues before spend time developing "google drive style" features!
- Looks like buying 1TB space has no benefit in real terms... I'll look into cancelling my subscription...
Windows 10 keeps going 100% disk and freeze everything as soon as dropbox syncs..And another one here
- Zed
Dropbox Staff
Hello everyone,
I wanted to follow up on this issue you're experiencing. Let's check some things together:
1) First please review this article on possible reasons that could affect the performance of Dropbox on your device.
Some of the reasons this may be happening is incorrect file permissions or symlinks in your Dropbox.
2) Make sure you have configured your Antivirus/Firewall software to allow Dropbox to run.
3) Make sure you are not running a Beta version of the Dropbox app :
1. Log in to www.Dropbox.com using your web browser.
2. Click on your name at the top right corner of the page.
3. Click on "Settings".
4. From the "Profile" tab, scroll down to the section titled "Preferences" and uncheck the box next to "Include me in early releases" if it is checked.
5. Then download the latest stable version of the Dropbox desktop application. Once you install the stable build, it might take some time to re-index the files and sync any pending changes.4) If none of the above won't fix this and the issue persists, please reach out to our support team so they can investigate and help.
Thank you.
