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dushoff
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

The app stopped syncing on Linux (two different machines).

My dropbox stopped syncing recently on two different linux machines after restart. I spent hours trying to upgrade the first one before I restarted the second one and noticed that it had the same p...
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FlexAssistance
Explorer | Level 4

I have the same problem with Dropbox. I will read your thread as well.

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alexdao108
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Same problem here, dropbox stopped working on 3 different linux machines (3 different accounts) after working seamlessly for several years. 

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    dushoff
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 months ago

    Wish you better luck than me. I'm sure there's a simple solution that's something about my files, but all I got was a runaround from three different people (one almost certainly a bot) repeating the same tired advice to try things that I had mostly tried before posting. My solution is to try to wean myself away from Dropbox, which also hasn't been easy.

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