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Steven L.27's avatar
Steven L.27
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Selective sync does not load folders

OS: macOS Sierra 10.12 I am unable to use selective sync. I open Dropbox Preferences > Account and click on Change Settings for Selective Sync. Dropbox opens a window and it says "Loading more fold...
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Michael D.69's avatar
Michael D.69
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

I'm running into the same problem.  Trying to setup a new laptop and need to do initial sync of dropbox.  Exact same symptoms as noted by Steven.  Selective sync is needed because my entire photo and music library is in dropbox and that won't fit on my new laptop.  If I can't sync new machines to my dropbox, Dropbox is unusable for me.

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