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mcfinney's avatar
mcfinney
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Time Left in Sync has been removed from the desktop app

The dropbox menu bar app has stopped showing the time left in the current sync in the bottom of the window. It shows a seemingly irrelevant progress bar but even hovering over that does not tell me t...
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  • Emma's avatar
    Emma
    6 years ago
    LuisA1 wrote:
    Hi everyone,
     
    I’m a member of the Dropbox desktop application team.
     
    First off, I’d like to thank you all for your feedback on this. 
     
    Earlier this year, we removed the time to sync estimate from the Dropbox menu and replaced it with a progress bar as we believed it would be a better measure of true progress of your files syncing, rather than the time to sync estimates.
     
    That said - we’ve heard you! We have decided to bring back the time to sync estimate in an upcoming build of the Dropbox desktop application!
     
    Once this build is released, you should automatically see the time to sync estimate again. We will also update you here as soon as the version with the time estimate is available. 
     
    We truly appreciate all of your feedback, it’s very important to us to make Dropbox work for our users. Thank you! 

    Hi all, 

    I've checked with the team and this has been released to the current stable version v73. 

    It is available now for download, but your devices should also automatically be updated to this version soon.

    Thanks once again for your patience and feedback!

rsilves's avatar
rsilves
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

This is one of the main reasons why I loved Dropbox, now it's gone. I really hope they put it back. I also canceled my subscription because of this.

  • elsamsamy's avatar
    elsamsamy
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago
    Me too
    • Tim K.28's avatar
      Tim K.28
      Explorer | Level 3
      6 years ago

      Yup agreed pathetic. Will be looking for an alternative option if this feature is gone. It also seems to be uploading waaaaaay slower then last version.

      • birdonarock's avatar
        birdonarock
        New member | Level 2
        6 years ago

        I agree with others that this was crazy for Dropbox developers to remove.  Knowing the actual time left syncing is CRUCIAL.  I don't think I ever have a client or colleague on the phone without saying "Dropbox says there's 22 minutes (or whatever time) left" to sync.  The bar is a nice addition but the time left is so important, especially to those of us who work remotely.  Maybe in the future ask users about key design features?  Hope the update is up as soon as possible!

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