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Clean My Mac update caused TOTAL FILE RESYNC
I just updated clean my mac ran it and now my Dropbox is resyncing ALL THE FILES. What went wrong? I don't want this to happen again. Thank you.
Hi, that's Volodymyr from MacPaw, company that developed CleanMyMac app.
Thanks for contacting us on that, we've located what exactly causing that and fixed that. So with the upcoming update of the app this will be fixed.
Have a great day!
Regards,
Volodymyr
Mark
Super User II
Super User IISounds like CleanMyMac has updated some sort of metadata within the files (e.g. last opened/edited etc.) which need updating (Dropbox only sees the changes not what changed).
Also, as an aside, it wont upload everything again - it'll only upload the hashed changes.
Also, as an aside, it wont upload everything again - it'll only upload the hashed changes.
How can I prevent it from happening again. It really hogs the system for 24+ hours.
- RichIf the files are actually changing, you can't. They have to finish syncing. Are you sure it's actually re-syncing all your files, and not just re-indexing them? If CleanMyMac cleared personal settings, and the Dropbox database was part of that, to Dropbox it would be as if you had a new installation and it would need to index all of your files.
You're right. It's re-indexing. It did it again yesterday when I used Clean my Mac. How can I stop it from doing that every time I clean? Any ideas? I must have something set wrong.
