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bachtenor
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

4 files are perpetually syncing on Mac OS, and I can't identify which files

Using Dropbox (version 212.4.5767) on iMac (OS X Ventura). App works fine. But when I pull down the menu from the Dropbox icon in the menu bar, it *always* says "Syncing 4 files" I have no idea wha...
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Jay
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Could you try using selective sync to reduce that number to below 300,000 files, as any number above this can negatively affect the performance of the Dropbox desktop application?

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bachtenor
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

Wow thank you, I did not know this. I can easily reduce the total file number. Thanks very much for the quick reply. I'll give this a try.

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