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msheppard
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
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Won't stop indexing on Mac

I installed the mac dropbox update and the application began indexing my files. It has now been stuck for the last few days. I can only access some files. Many are now only available through dropbox....
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  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    3 years ago

    Hi Everyone,

     

    Thanks for your patience while we investigated. We have confirmed that the problem with resyncing has been resolved with macOS Sonoma 14.1. Users should not experience a resync when upgrading to 14.1.

     

    Upgrading to 14.1 will prevent resyncing, but it will not resolve this issue for users who have already become 'stuck' on the resync upon upgrading to 14.0. We can help, but we're asking that users contact support for individual assistance.

     

    Regards,

    Ben

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Walter
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3 years ago

For anyone affected by this, could you please send us a screenshot of the app's status and version as shown in your menu bar? 

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sscotti1
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

 

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi sscotti1, sorry to hear about that! 

     

    Can you clarify the OS you're using on your Mac, please? Also, did you notice the number decreasing there at all, or not?

     

    Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there! 

  • sscotti1's avatar
    sscotti1
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    I am on a Apple M2 OS Ventura 13.4.1

     

    Have tried everything so far !!

    Getting very frustrated as its a brand new laptop - so really appreciate a quick response so i can keep working !!!

     

    Thanks,

     

    Sarah

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    sscotti1
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Hi again - and no the number of files is not decreasing but increased yesterday!!

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Hey sscotti1, can you also try giving Dropbox full disk access, to see if that helps?

  • Simonsen's avatar
    Simonsen
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    I have tried  to give full disk access - but it is still the same! What to do then?

  • sscotti1's avatar
    sscotti1
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Yes- Full disc access is on

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