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khalidnikon's avatar
khalidnikon
New member | Level 1
10 days ago

My Dropbox is syncing & indexing 65000+ files.

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.

I tried quitting dropbox and reopening several times. Even updated and restarted my Mac several times but the number of items kept going up.

Dropbox version: v211.4.6008

Macos: 15.1

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    Hey khalidnikon, thanks for posting here! 

    Is the Dropbox folder located in the CloudStorage location?

    Also, do you have any third-party apps (VPN, antivirus or other cloud backups) that could be interfering with Dropbox?

    If the number of files has not reduced it might be worth checking out the troubleshooting steps outlined in this article.

    Keep me posted! 

    • khalidnikon's avatar
      khalidnikon
      New member | Level 1

      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?

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
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      Hey khalidnikon, thanks for giving this a go!

      Did you have the chance to review my earliest reply? 

      If so, would you mind sharing some additional info, in regards to the first two questions please? 

      • khalidnikon's avatar
        khalidnikon
        New member | Level 1

        Referring to the location and VPN or antivirus? I checked and it's in the right place, and there are no active VPNs, antivirus softwares, or other cloud backups. Everything has been working fine since I got this MacBook about two or three years ago up until this issue came up, seemingly out of nowhere. 

        Also it seems I had another article opened up at the same time and got mixed up with the steps, But I'd like to know where we can go from here.

  • khalidnikon's avatar
    khalidnikon
    New member | Level 1

    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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