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Unexpectedly Syncing Enormous Amount of Files + Constant Crashing = Dropbox Nightmare
TL;DR - Many files seem to be indexing for no reason, some seem to be downloading locally, dropbox app is crashing every 5 minutes, I've tried most of the troubleshooting techniques, and have no solu...
I seem to have solved my issues. Here's how it was done;
- I deleted one of my huge folders that was taking up a lot of the file count (3+ million files - all online only)
- I unlinked and relinked Dropbox
- I Selective Synced all but that one folder
- Dropbox is stable again!!!
Thanks to all the Dropbox staff that helped out.
Holy crap! I didn't think it was possible that someone else had the exact same problem as me! I am stuck with this crappy situation and Dropbox support has been completely worthless. please let me know if you have found a solution.
Quite an annoying issue but this is how I fixed it - hope it helps
- I unlinked Dropbox
- I deleted one of my huge folders that was taking up a lot of the file count (3+ million files - all online only)
- I relinked Dropbox
- I Selective Synced all but that one folder
- Dropbox is stable again!!!
