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gazmotion
New member | Level 2
10 months ago
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12 files unable to sync on the Dropbox desktop app, and I don't know which ones

I have 12 files that are unable to sync, I have no idea which ones they are, it's impossible to find out. None of my files are showing icons next to them, so I can't see which ones are the problem. A...
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    gazmotion
    10 months ago

    Looks like it fixed itself overnight! 😄 Must have got itself in a pickle and just needed some time to untangle everything. Thanks for all your help anyway! 

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Hannah
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10 months ago

Hey gazmotion, sorry to jump in here.

 

If you take one of those files with the blue syncing icon on it and move it out of the Dropbox folder and then back in, does that help it get synced?

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gazmotion
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

Looks like it fixed itself overnight! 😄 Must have got itself in a pickle and just needed some time to untangle everything. Thanks for all your help anyway! 

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