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christicatrinta
2 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Slow download speed on Mac Dropbox app.
Hi everyone! I was using Dropbox on my browser and the download speed was slow. I switched to the Mac desktop app, and it improved but it's still way slower than it should be. I have a wired inter...
christicatrinta
Explorer | Level 3
Hi! Thanks for the fast reply.
There are no bandwidth limits, I am using the Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1 (have not yet updated to Sequoia 15.0) with the Dropbox desktop app v209.4.3661.
There are no bandwidth limits, I am using the Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1 (have not yet updated to Sequoia 15.0) with the Dropbox desktop app v209.4.3661.
Megan
2 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for the info christicatrinta!
Is it possible that you have more than 300k files in your Dropbox folder?
That might slow down syncing and will generally cause the performance of the Dropbox app to deteriorate.
Could you just try resetting your Internet router to see if that helps at all? Sometimes resetting your connection gets you a different route which could improve speeds.
Keep me posted on your findings!
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