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Why is the Dropbox app using over 700 MB of memory on my Mac computer?
Have been using Dropbox for years but lately my iMac is extremely slow. Checking the Activity Monitor from Apple, learned that Dropbox is using 747,9 MB of memory.
What should be a normal value and how to get there. Help would be highly appreciated.
15 Replies
- Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
No problem at all, Rob! Feel free to ping me as soon as you have more updates.
Hi Nancy,
Tomorrow (just to make sure) ill try another advanced reinstall on my Mac, including copying and pasting the commands in the terminal and come back to you with results and answers to your questions.
- Nancy
Hey Rob F.14! Hope you don’t mind if I jump in here.
Can you clarify which of the steps you’ve followed exactly, so that I can guide you from there?
I’d also like to know the current syncing status and app version of your Dropbox app.
Dropbox used to use around 400 - 450 MB of memory. After i followed the instructions given in https://help.dropbox.com/nl-nl/installs/advanced-reinstall#reinstallDropboxmac meticulously, i ended up with the use of around 700 MB. What is/went wrong?
- Hannah
Hey Rob F.14, thanks for posting to our Community today.
Can you take a look at the info on this article, to see if it helps clarify things?
Let me know if you have more questions.
