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petrusrung22
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Sync is getting stuck and won't complete
Sync never finishes, Every morning I check the status in the Dropbox app. It's the same 26GB that never completes. I am only using 32% of my Dropbox account, so it's not the size. I'm up to date on payment.
Is there a way to see a single concise list of the files/folders it is trying to sync? Either in the Dropbox app or via a browser at the Dropbox site?
Thank you, Peter
You could try finding and moving it out of the Dropbox folder petrusrung22 - renaming it might also help.
Have you rebooted your computer at all lately by the way?
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- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi petrusrung22, sorry to hear about your syncing issue.
Could you let me know the app's exact status and version as shown in your system tray/menu bar?
Also, can you click on your avatar in the app's preferences and then on the 'View sync issues' option?
Are there any files listed there?
Let me know what you find, Peter.
- petrusrung224 years agoExplorer | Level 4
There are no sync issues
I am on a Mac
Dropbox app version I think is 145.4.4921
Thanks
- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Could you also post a screenshot of the app's exact status petrusrung22?
Is it 'up to date' or stuck at syncing a specific number of files?
- petrusrung224 years agoExplorer | Level 4
It is stuck on a 1.51 GB media file....stuck, meaning it is frozen on this file. That status of it has been frozen for days. If I could cancel the sync of this file I would.
- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
You could try finding and moving it out of the Dropbox folder petrusrung22 - renaming it might also help.
Have you rebooted your computer at all lately by the way?
- DGr4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I have a similar issue but only for larger files (1MB and larger). Just started yesterday. I am using the Apple Mac version and have plenty of storage space.
- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey DGr, sorry to hear about this.
Could you send me a screenshot of the app's exact status as shown in your menu bar?
Also, have you done any of the troubleshooting mentioned in this discussion?
- DGr4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
The attached shows you what I am seeing. It is very strange as nothing like this has happened in the years I have been using Dropbox. All of a sudden, larger files are not syncing. If I remove the larger files, then smaller files will start syncing but if a large file is not syncing, smaller files behind it will not sync. I have rebooted and even reinstalled Dropbox.
- Walter4 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the screenshot DGr - much appreciated!
Could you try unlinking and relinking your account through the app's preferences?
Let me know if syncing gets stuck again!
- DGr4 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thank you. That worked.
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