1. I have 1/6th the number of files it says where’d you’d notice performance degradation. (I monitor my file counts in Dropbox)
2. My data is in Dropbox and symlinks are only on the outside pointing in.
3. I can see from my “recently synced” list that it’s been days since a file has been uploaded, but that entire time Dropbox is still using several times more energy than anything else (that I actually am using). (addresses permissions, other apps touching files, etc)
Aka Dropbox is not syncing files, at least that I can see, so why is it still using so much energy?","body@stringLength":"961","rawBody":", thank you but I’ve been through that article and none of those factors appear to apply. Is there a way to check w Dropbox itself what it’s activity is related to?
1. I have 1/6th the number of files it says where’d you’d notice performance degradation. (I monitor my file counts in Dropbox)
2. My data is in Dropbox and symlinks are only on the outside pointing in.
3. I can see from my “recently synced” list that it’s been days since a file has been uploaded, but that entire time Dropbox is still using several times more energy than anything else (that I actually am using). (addresses permissions, other apps touching files, etc)
Aka Dropbox is not syncing files, at least that I can see, so why is it still using so much 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View dropbox sync activity","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:516902"},"body":"Glad to hear that Noah C.2.
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\nAs to what might have happened to cause this, I'd hate to speculate as it can be caused by several factors, not necessarily associated with Dropbox.
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\nWould it be OK if I reached out via email to have a further look into this with account and device specific information?","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"213","kudosSumWeight":0,"postTime":"2021-04-29T01:55:29.049-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2021-04-29T01:55:29.049-07:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":2459},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001012/message:515739/message:516902","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[{"__typename":"MessageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8aXwzfDUyOjF8aW50LDUxNjk4OCw1MTY5ODg","node":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:516988"}}]},"customFields":[],"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"524","rawBody":"Glad to hear that .
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\nAs to what might have happened to cause this, I'd hate to speculate as it can be caused by several factors, not necessarily associated with Dropbox.
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\nWould it be OK if I reached out via email to have a further look into this with account and device specific information?","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"timeToRead":1,"currentRevision":{"__ref":"Revision:revision:516902_1"},"latestVersion":null,"messagePolicies":{"__typename":"MessagePolicies","canModerateSpamMessage":{"__typename":"PolicyResult","failureReason":{"__typename":"FailureReason","message":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","key":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","args":[]}}}},"ModerationData:moderation_data:516988":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:516988","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":null},"ForumReplyMessage:message:516988":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","uid":516988,"id":"message:516988","revisionNum":1,"author":{"__ref":"User:user:277138"},"readOnly":false,"repliesCount":1,"depth":8,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:101001012"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:516902"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:515739"},"subject":"Re: View dropbox sync activity","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:516988"},"body":"Yes please do Walter! Happy to provide logs or whatever else I can.","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"67","kudosSumWeight":0,"postTime":"2021-04-29T08:28:58.861-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2021-04-29T08:28:58.861-07:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":2451},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:101001000/category:English/community:mxpez29397board:101001012/message:515739/message:516988","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[{"__typename":"MessageEdge","cursor":"MjUuMnwyLjF8aXwxfDUyOjF8aW50LDUxNzgzOSw1MTc4Mzk","node":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:517839"}}]},"customFields":[],"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"254","rawBody":"Yes please do ! Happy to provide logs or whatever else I can.","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"timeToRead":1,"currentRevision":{"__ref":"Revision:revision:516988_1"},"latestVersion":null,"messagePolicies":{"__typename":"MessagePolicies","canModerateSpamMessage":{"__typename":"PolicyResult","failureReason":{"__typename":"FailureReason","message":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","key":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","args":[]}}}},"ModerationData:moderation_data:517839":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:517839","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":null},"ForumReplyMessage:message:517839":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","author":{"__ref":"User:user:364291"},"id":"message:517839","revisionNum":1,"uid":517839,"depth":9,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:101001012"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumReplyMessage:message:516988"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:515739"},"subject":"Re: View dropbox sync activity","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:517839"},"body":"Sure thing Noah C.2. You've got
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