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kamadforge's avatar
kamadforge
Explorer | Level 4
4 months ago

RAM memory usage goes through the roof

I'm using Ubuntu. Dropbix used to work fine on my system but recently something happened and when trying to sync files, the memory usage rapidly increases to max up 32 GB RAM, and then the system fre...
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Linux
eltrompetero's avatar
eltrompetero
Explorer | Level 4

Hm...not sure how to say this again without repeating what I said above...I've had no issue before with the number of files for the last 5 years. There is a discontinuous break. Is there some way to get this to tech admin?  

Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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2 months ago

eltrompetero, besides the file count currently syncing on your device, are there any third-party apps at all that could be interfering with Dropbox?

Can you also clarify your app’s current syncing status for me?

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