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skillbard's avatar
skillbard
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Syncing forever without actually syncing

Hello all,   tl;dr The status reads as syncing but it seems extremely slow and there don't seem to be any actually changes to all my files.   I'm running DB on High Sierra.   I recently r...
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  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    7 years ago
    Hey there skillbard. 
     
    Initially, please note that syncing can take time if you have many or large files. What I’d recommend for now is to give it time. If the sync time is large then please remember to stay logged into your computer, keep it turned on and connected to the Internet - your files will be syncing in the background. 
     
    You can find more info on how to check the status of syncing and file uploads here. Furthermore, if you’re using an external hard drive to use the Dropbox desktop app, you can also have a look at this article for more info. 
     
    If the issue seems to persist and there is no progress at all, let me know and we’ll take it from there. In the mean time, have a lovely day ahead! :grin:
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Lusil
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7 years ago
Hey there skillbard. 
 
Initially, please note that syncing can take time if you have many or large files. What I’d recommend for now is to give it time. If the sync time is large then please remember to stay logged into your computer, keep it turned on and connected to the Internet - your files will be syncing in the background. 
 
You can find more info on how to check the status of syncing and file uploads here. Furthermore, if you’re using an external hard drive to use the Dropbox desktop app, you can also have a look at this article for more info. 
 
If the issue seems to persist and there is no progress at all, let me know and we’ll take it from there. In the mean time, have a lovely day ahead! :grin:
  • skillbard's avatar
    skillbard
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    Hi Lusil,

     

    It took a couple of days but, yes, it did evenually sync up. V strange but we're all okay again. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

    • Lusil's avatar
      Lusil
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      7 years ago
      Hi again skillbard, glad to hear everything’s working! :laughing:
       
      If you have any other questions in the future, you know where to find us. Have a great day ahead!
  • shlomofri's avatar
    shlomofri
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    I have the same problem, it is on MAC OS Catalina, which is beta at this stage, but it is coming in a month, so wanted to give yuo a heads-on... its been syncing for a week now, all I have is 3.5 Gb.

    • Lusil's avatar
      Lusil
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      6 years ago

      Hey shlomofri, 

      Yes, the OS you're running isn't currently a fully tested or supported environment for the desktop app and, while we support a variety of OSes, we are unable to support these versions until they are officially classified as stable.

      Nonetheless, you can always contact our Support team for a more in-depth look using our internal tools. 

      If you have any other questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to get back to us. Cheers!

      • embauba's avatar
        embauba
        New member | Level 2
        5 years ago

        I have the same issue. I run two different usernames and sync different files on each. I recently had to remove some files from DB because it never uploaded a large file for a job, on Profile 2; it cost me its publishing because of delay (4 full days to upload 1 Gb but also because of poor internet bandwith) so when back home with my usual fast internet, moved my files back to DB, I get 130K files which havent uploaded at all - not a single one - for over 10 days now. On the other hand, my other user (Profile 1) has DB updated just fine. How do I deal with this?

        Thanks! Pedro from Rio, Brazil.

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