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Desktop app is slow when starting up, and slows down the computer while doing so
Why does it take so long to start up dropbox? While it's starting up, other programs are very slow, almost unresponsive. It takes over 20 minutes to show starting/syncing completed. I have 16gb ram, ...
Hey dchassin,
Welcome to the Dropbox Community, let's look into that together!
Please keep in mind that the Dropbox application needs to perform a quick reindex whenever it is restarted or paused/resumed to check if any files changed since the client was last run. A good initial step to improve the syncing performance would be to reduce the overall load of the client, by enabling Selective Sync.
Moreover, you could manually customize your bandwidth settings, that'll probably help you speed things up.
Because you've mentioned that you need your files for work though, let me suggest
Same issue here on a Macbook Pro, running Yosemite. Syncing/indexing is painfully slow and, while it is 'starting up,' other programs are very slow, almost unresponsive. This latest version of Dropbox appears to be hogging the computer, and taking an inordinate amount of time while it is at it. Given the number of slow syncing posts in this forum, is it a bug with the latest version of Dropbox? If so, when will it be fixed?
