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The dropbox menu bar app has stopped showing the time left in the current sync in the bottom of the window. It shows a seemingly irrelevant progress bar but even hovering over that does not tell me the time left to sync, which I have depended on to let clients know when files will be there. Hovering over only gives me the option to pause syncing. Was this feature removed or is this a bug in the latest update?
I'm on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.6
@jbh1 and everyone else. The other option is to upload via your browser. It will actually give you the time remaining. The main issue is with big files, if your upload drops out or fails, you'll be starting again, unlike the desktop version.
Can't wait for this to be sorted.
I also temporarily went to Sync, but had major issues. I couldn't even download one of my own files via their browser. They have a long way to go yet.
Now even the sync bar from the bottom has disappeared.
Time left for syncing has been removed on desktop. It only shows the speed and kb of how much is being transferred, but not the time left for it to sync, which is really annoying since I depend on that time to tell my clients when to expect their files. What can be done?
Jane
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Hello @Jane,
Thanks for your reply here, but as someone said ealier, uploading directly to website is subject to failing due to random connexion issues.
The desktop version is the best thing in the world, and since it's been several months and 19 pages of messages here, asking if the time sync left feature would be back someday, plus announcements of its return in some future update, i wonder if dropbox could get a little more official.
And since, you know, people are paying for it.
Thanks
Jane
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Thanks again,
Like i said, "I wonder if dropbox could get a little more official."
I guess not.
That is not actually a workable solutionn as main value for me for dropbox (vs WeTransfer or other Web-based transfer applications I could use) is the Desktop application. Being able to know how long I have until a sync finishes is crucial - even if it is sometimes inaccurate and estimate is fine. Please escalate this as this situation has gotten even worse with the removal of even the progress bar.
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