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3 years agoDropbox Staff
Stable Build 142.4.4197
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Auto-updates: In progress
- akseekerHelpful | Level 6
Will this work on macOS High Sierra version 10.13.6 (17G14042)?
DropboxMacUpdate.app has used 1.4 GB of data over the last two days, in ~30Meg chunks every hour or so, really irritating since I only have a 1Meg connection. Does this build stop that constant chatter?
- cramprNew member | Level 2
I've had a similar experience on my 2019 iMac (Monterey v12.0.1 running DB v142.4.4197), with over 100GB excess data usage in February & ramping up to be similar this month.
Investigating network activity I've found that, in my case, the process dropboxmacupdate is the culprit.
The version of dropboxmacupdate on my mac was updated Jan 22nd 2022 & is version 142.0.15.
Have quit the process & my data usage has returned to normal (no extra data charges for me thank goodness this month!!)- akseekerHelpful | Level 6
(macOS High Sierra v 10.13.6, mid-2010 MacBook Pro)
I'm up to DB 151.4.4304, and DropboxMacUpdate is still using a lot of bandwidth, 5.32 GB in 20 or so hours.
I'm stuck with a 1-Meg connection ATM, prolly won't change in the near future.
Does net connection speed have anything to do with the huge amount of usage? Is it trying to download the update, but failing (due to timeout?) and retrying the download?
Frustrating, and trying to get in contact with DB team is nearly impossible, in my experience. Arrgh!
- harrysfilExperienced | Level 13
Please explain what's new in this version. Because many improvements and fixes does not explain a lot.
- DarthEdHelpful | Level 6
I hadn't upgraded my Mac desktop client in a while. When I finally upgraded to v142.4.4197, I noticed that the estimated time remaining to sync/upload had disappeared from the application menu. I started a thread on this here:
Please like and reply to that thread if you would like to see it return.
- AndrewD1New member | Level 2
The autoupdate for macOS is failing to download every time and continuously retrying.
Trying to download and install via the installer app continuosly fails and retries - presumably as it downloads the same corrupt file.
The DMG for the offline installer is also corrupt and not recognised by the OS nor by Disk Utility.
This is for Dropbox 142.4.4197.dmg.
I have tried downloading on several Macs using different browsers and it never produces a valid download.
I would suggest the DMG file is corrupt?
- Fabio L.Experienced | Level 12
My Apple M1 Macbook got the new stable build with Apple Silicon native (I am not in the beta channel). So it seems that this version is finally stable?
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