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kaspars_silins
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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My desktop app is stuck on syncing constantly

I actualy tired about bad dropbox mac desctop app performance... I'm pro user alredy more than two years... And last week my dropbox app stoped working.. Yesterday app stuck on syncing 386 files ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 years ago
    To look into this further, would it be okay if we reach out to the email address associated with your forum profile?
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Jay
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7 years ago
Hi Kaspars, could you try checking out this article for possible reasons why the CPU usage rises when syncing files?
 
Generally, symlinks is the primary reason, so I’d recommend checking step 7 first.
 
Let me know what you find out!
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kaspars_silins
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Tried, but no success!

It's stuck all day on "Syncing 368 files".. 

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    Jay
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    7 years ago
    Are you able to navigate your folder structure to see where these files are located? Are they all in one folder, or scattered randomly in your folder structure? 
     
    Are the files being accessed by another program or virus scanner? Could you try quitting all open applications to see if this helps to let the files sync?

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