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Want to stop syncing
For some reason my Dropbox started "sycning" without my intending it to. It is telling me it is syncing 11,140 files. I want to stop this. It may have happened when I opened the files in iCloud, but I don't need these "synced." Everything is where I want it. Is there a way to stop, as opposed to pausing, syncing? The files being synced have names like "5032.data" and appear to be stored in a graphics "proxie" folder for an old iMovie program which I do not need. They appear to be only about 4kb in size, but I would like to stop the syncing anyway. Thanks for any help.
Dropbox will sync any changes that are made in your Dropbox folder. To stop a particular file or folde from syncing, move it out of the Dropbox folder.
If it's in the Dropbox folder, it's going to sync.
- Rich
Super User II
Dropbox will sync any changes that are made in your Dropbox folder. To stop a particular file or folde from syncing, move it out of the Dropbox folder.
If it's in the Dropbox folder, it's going to sync.
I never synced before. All of a sudden dropbox is syncing. I have software to move files that I want to save to drop box. I dont want auto sync. Any answers?
How can I move the file out of dropbox folder, I want to stop Syncing... need serious help, it has finish my data twice now
There should be a button to push to stop syncing to pc. When mine started the massive original backup the minute I reinstalled DB, it created DB folders for all my pc files. I did not approve it and would be nice if there was an option to stop the back up from pc
