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I need to disable syncing in order to save changes in Photoshop.
There seems to be a change in the behavour in file sync. Now Dropbox interupt the saving process of an application (Planimate from InterDynamics). When the software saves it's file, I understand it d...
My issues have been solved without me doing any active part. My guess is some background update has fixed it.
(edit: the issues WAS solved for a time, but no longer)
Well, I solved this problem by switching to mac because this is actually a Windows problem. It works without issue, no matter how many temp files I have open because the mac file system (APFS) doesn't have the file sharing problems NTFS does.
I know this isn't a solution for everybody but if you've been on the fence lately, the new M1 macs are beyond fast.
But I have encountered similar problems on my macOS too, and it is truly frustrating. As a result, the Dropbox application is almost always paused on all of my systems (Windows, Linux, macOS). Only when I am away for hours, I restart Dropbox to sync. I do not mean that the competitions are better, as I have not tried them. But the current state of Dropbox really sucks and with every update, it becomes more expensive, slower, and less useful.
That's a shame. I've tested well over 10,000 files on both Intel and M1 mac, and Windows 10 on 4 different computers. Only the Windows systems give me trouble.
I've been trying to find the culprit, and I'm 99% sure the structure of say .psd files is different and sometimes after changing one slight thing it's dispersed everywhere in the file. I upgraded my connection to 1Gb/s and it obviously helps (not only Dropbox, of course), but I still am sort of amazed how come the files may disappear into the void when upload is interrupted by process crashing for example :(((
Speaking of which I've been exploring the other cloudy options and though changing the workflow is a tad tedious (+1 for you, Dropbox), some companies out there won't delete your files without a way to get them back and not making you aware of the fact.Oh well...
