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NeilEvansRocks's avatar
NeilEvansRocks
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Upload Speed Issue

For the last few hours my MacOS client has been having issues uploading: the upload speeds are ludicrously slow to non-existent, the timer swings wildly from a few seconds to hours trying to upload a...
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NeilEvansRocks's avatar
NeilEvansRocks
Helpful | Level 6

Still being passed about very slow support being asked to do things like 'restart my router', this is clearly an issue with the Mac client, it's only upload that's broken, and it's only dropbox that I'm having this issue with in the Mac client, on the same connection same machine I have no issues at all using the web interface to upload, or use any other services.

This needs to be taken more seriously, is there a telephone second line support I can speak to that won't waste my time asking me to 'restart my computer' like I'm a 5 year old? 

Arielct's avatar
Arielct
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Hi,

 

Im having exactly the same issue on my Mac. For the last two days a a 32mb files takes 6 hours to upload. My internet is fine as all other upload apps are extremely fast just Dropbox. tries my account on another Mac at my Office same upload speeds so its not a local issue with Laptop/Mac Pro or Routers.

 

Any ideas?

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hey Arielct! Sorry to hear you’re having the same issue. 

     

    Out of curiosity, what’s the app version of the Dropbox app that’s currently running on your computer? 

     

    Did you have any computer/Dropbox updates recently that could have affected this?

    • Arielct's avatar
      Arielct
      Helpful | Level 5
      2 years ago

      Hi,

       

      Thanks for the response.  

       

      My internet speed

      URL SPEED  please select

       

      My DBox Version V172.4.7555

      My Mac is a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019), 

      2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7,

      32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4

      175Gb available on SSD drive

       

      I have not added or changes any configuration or No Additional software has been added. 

      We have a Business BD with over 13TB spare capacity to upload.

       

      Hope this helps.

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hey Arielct, if you're having this issue with our desktop app, can you check your preferences, to make sure your upload speed is not limited?

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