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cmcintoshphoto
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

New Beta has some issues

Having an absolutely terrible time with this new Beta (mac) build and have left multiple messages for support that go unanswered. When exporting files (small jpgs mostly) to folders within the DB fol...
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cmcintoshphoto
Explorer | Level 4

Hi, I've had this issue while exporting from Adobe Lightroom (jpg), Premiere (.mp4), and Ableton (.wav and.mp3)

Version 171.2.311

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Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Thanks for the info. If you quit the Dropbox desktop application and then restart it, does it help with uploading the files?

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    cmcintoshphoto
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Sometimes - I actually restarted my computer and Dropbox kept failing to start up, and I reinstalled it and it seems to be decently stable now.

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      Jay
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      2 years ago

      Thanks for the update, and I'm glad to hear it's working now.

       

      If you need any further assistance in the future, please let me know!

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        cmcintoshphoto
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        It no longer is working out. WHEN it starts up, it just says 'starting...' on the bottom eternally but never starts and never syncs new files. 

        I tried reinstalling (from the dropbox.com/install page) but it seems to still be the beta...

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