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Antonis_Pet
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4 months ago

Uploads on macOS Ventura are suddenly too slow

I'm running the latest version of macOS Ventura (13.7) on a 2017 iMac. Everything was perfect until recently, when the Dropbox upload got too slow. I have done all the necessary checks, including dis...
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Hannah
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Thanks for the clarification, Antonis.

 

Can you please hover over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar and let me know what the sync status and app version is?

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Antonis_Pet
Helpful | Level 6
4 months ago

"Syncing" (constantly like that for days now)

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    Hannah
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    4 months ago

    Hmm, can you try these steps as well, to make sure that Dropbox has full disk access?

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      Antonis_Pet
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      4 months ago

      I have checked. It does. 

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        Hannah
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        4 months ago

        Thanks for checking, Antonis.

         

        Can you try the rest of the troubleshooting steps in the article as well, in case anything else helps?

         

        Also, how many files do you currently have in your Dropbox folder?

         

        And did you notice if there was some kind of update on Dropbox or on your computer before this started happening?

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