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khalidnikon
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

My Dropbox is stuck syncing/indexing 65000+ files on my Mac device.

My dropbox is syncing nonstop, states 65000+ items are indexing. It's been like this for over a month, and it's been affecting my ability to copy files and folders, both to local storage and external...
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khalidnikon
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

Hi Megan,

After fixing the hardlinks, I tried the fix permissions options, and I got a message that dropbox was unable to fix the permissions and to contact support. What is the next step?

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