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My Dropbox seems to be very slow. What can I do?
Recently, it has become very difficult to navigate and update downloaded files on my mac. It has come to a point where every action, every click I make takes an extra second or two to occur. I have ...
AndrewTsat99 wrote:
To be clear, I dont access my files through the dropbox website, they are dowloaded files that I share with one other person in my business.
So you're accessing them directly within the Dropbox folder, through Finder?
Mine is doing the same thing in Windows. Browsing through Explorer is VERY slow to open folder or files. Using the dumb Dropbox app is fast, as is typing in the folder path in Explorer directly. It doesn't seem to matter if the Dropbox is running or not either. Very frustrating.
Hey I figured it out. I noticed that OneDrive was also super slow. So I uninstalled Apple iCloud and rebooted. That seemd to fix both OneDrive and Dropbox speeds.
- Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Hi Nathan G.6, thanks for keeping us in the loop!
Glad to hear that you were able to resolve your concern in the end.
If you have any other questions, let us know and we'll make sure to get back to you as soon as possible. Cheers! :grin:
Thank you !!! I have been trying to fix exactly the same problem for days - extremely frustrating. Uninstalling iCloud fixed it for both OneDrive and Dropbox.
