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mobin68
Explorer | Level 4
7 months ago

Can't see the progress bar in sync history on a Mac computer

Hi everyone, Hi everyone, Does anyone know whether the progress bar on dropbox on Macos can be visible? I’m new on Mac, and on windows, in sync history, there was a queue in sync history showin...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 months ago

    You should be able to see which files are attempting to sync in the desktop app by following these steps.

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mobin68
Explorer | Level 4

I'm sorry about this belated reply, I was having trouble sending the screenshot. 

Here is the screenshot and here is my dropbox version 196.4.6900

Please ignore the first photo where it says te files are up to date. the second photo says 2 files syncing. but most of the time all I see down below it is "syncing"

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Hannah
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7 months ago

No worries, mobin68, and thanks for the screenshots.

 

Does the app just show you that it's "Syncing..." without a number of files left to sync next to that?

 

And if so, does it remain stuck like that for a long time? Or just normal syncing time, depending on the number/size of the files you are syncing?

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    mobin68
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 months ago
    Yes, there is only ‘sycnhing, at the bottom.
    And it does take a long time, yes
    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      7 months ago

      Hi mobin68, have you tried checking if there is a limit to the bandwidth in the Dropbox desktop application, which could be slowing the sync process?

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        mobin68
        Explorer | Level 4
        7 months ago
        Yes, I removed the limit.

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