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Re: Time Left in Sync has been removed (Feature Request)

Time Left in Sync has been removed from the desktop app

mcfinney
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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

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furtonb
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I’m not interested in a progress bar, bring the numerical estimate back. I don’t want to eyeball and calculate the remaining times based on proportions or percentages, I want to see an approximated number until my Dropbox folder is up to date, as we did before.

alison b.11
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There are other options that offer the "time remaining" feature plus twice as much storage plus opt-out on auto-update plus less expensive (for individual users on the 1 TB plan like me not sure about the other plans).  I started migrating my files to a new service when the "remove from all devices" prompt started popping up for deletions...glad I did, given this latest dev,

jbaughman
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@alison b.11 which service do you use now, if I may ask?

marinacoser
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@alison b.11 which service do you use now, if I may ask?

graystate
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@alison b.11 please fill us in.

jhsweston
New member | Level 2
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PLEASE bring back the time estimate feature... it's SO FRUSTRATING not to have ANY idea how much has uploaded or how much is left! I don't even care if it's not always a precise estimate, but I need to know the difference between 5 minutes and an hour....

RTally
New member | Level 2
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Add my name to the list of people that want the time to sync display returned.

alison b.11
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@marinacoser  @graystate Hi, try Sync: 2 TB plus time remaining and other goodies for less money.  I don't collaborate via the cloud, so can't speak to the sharing features beyond that they exist. Hope that helps!

alison b.11
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@jbaughmanHi, try Sync: 2 TB plus time remaining and other goodies for less money.  I don't collaborate via the cloud, so can't speak to the sharing features beyond that they exist. Hope that helps!

 

jbaughman
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@alison b.11 Thanks!

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