Stable Build 83.4.152

I am still having problems with syncing not working, the sync starts but then throttles down to 0Kbps,

I have tried a forced clean install on some of the older stable versions but not sure how far back I can go since it would only be a matter of time before another forced defective update gets pushed to my machine again, the only real way to fix this, is to fix the bandwidth throttling which is happening. I am now getting 0Kbps sync speed and the sync is not done yet.

I am on Win 7pro 64Bit, I tried completely disabling my AV protection software including firewall to see if that helped, it did not. I tried another NIC, I tried manually setting the bandwidth my self to 50Mbps but of course it had to be done as a value for Kbps since thats how the desktop app works, I tried setting no limit, I set the desktop app to no proxy, but nothing can fix this on my end except for a proper patch to the program.  I have 175Mbps Up and down on my internet plan and I have tested that as well, no problems on speedtest.net and no problems with any other applications regarding internet speed.

Tried a clean reinstall, tried all the tricks but there is no fix on the end user side for bad code, fix this dropbox. This is rediculous and it makes people want to leave your service. This problem started after a forced auto update to version 82.4.156  from dropbox. I believe at this point I will no longer recommend Dropbox to my cleints any more, after all there are other cloud drive services which actually work.

It's time to make publishing release notes current with the release of the code a thing again. There should be very few occasions when that isn't possible for a company the size of Dropbox. Even 1-person shops on Github manage it.

The latest version of Dropbox (v83.4.152) for Windows 10 is a complete cluster**** that has me scrambling to find a good alternative.  Problems include the following:

1. No delta-syncing: Small changes to the end of large text files result in lengthy sync times, whereas before, syncing was almost instant.

2. No compression for complete file syncs: New large text files added to Dropbox take far less time to sync when they are zipped versus when they are not zipped, implying that Dropbox is not compressing its data transmissions. It used to take the same amount of time to sync large files whether I zipped them first or not.

3. Dropbox in Windows locks files that are syncing: Previously, Dropbox did not lock the files it was syncing, meaning that my VBA code in Excel could open syncing files for reading or writing, and could even delete them. Now it can do none of these until Dropbox has finished syncing the file.

4. Exiting Dropbox causes Microsoft Excel 2016 to crash: If I click "Exit Dropbox" while Microsoft Excel 2016 is open (especially if it is running VBA code), Excel *instantly* crashes. Not every time, but very often.

Note that I have the Microsoft Offfice Add-On DISABLED.  The "Badge" is also disabled in preferences.

I did report the problems to technical support, but got an illogical reply asking for screenshots.   I'm hoping the problems are addressed more thoughtfully here.

I'm still having problems with the dropdown menu, not showing me 'Recently Changed Files'. The second dropdown flashes on the screen then immediately disappears

Greetings all,

After DB auto-updated to 83.4.152, I noticed that the block-level syncing doesn't seem to be detecting changes anymore for my VeraCrypt container.

Before the update, everytime I dismount my VC encrypted container, DB will index the file and compare the deltas at the block-level -- syncing the block-level changes.  However, after the 152 update, I've noticed that even with lots of changes in the VC container, after I dismount, DB detects no changes to the encrypted file.  I end up having a bunch of conflicts when trying to sync between machines via the "rename the file and rename it back" approach.

Could someone share resolution or your similar experiences if you're also using encrypted containers with DB?

Thanks,

BPH

My problem comes down the path of synchronizing the "desktop" and "documents" folders in macos. I have installed the latest version of macos catalina. When restarting the mac, it does not synchronize the data found in the "desktop" and in the "documents" folder, therefore the files are not in the same place as before.

is this the latest version?

This version still seems to install one (1) 32bit program, which will not run on macOS 10.15 Catalina:

```

/Library/DropboxHelperTools/Dropbox_u503/atos

```

You can easily verify this by running `mdfind "(kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == 'i386') && (kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != 'x86_64')"`, to find all 32bit software.

It might not be used, as `cd /Library/DropboxHelperTools/; sudo grep -r atos .` doesn't give any results.

Found a bug with Catalina Finder right click menu while in dropbox folder. Getting double the number of context menus. Pls fix!

I have a problem with this version:

If I edit file with the MS Excel App on iOS the desktop client will synchronize, but the file is gone in the directory. It is only in the Cloud and not on the PC.