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Dave H.
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

(OS X) Dropbox consuming a lot of CPU whenever any file or folder is changed anywhere

On my OS X 10.9.5 system I'm seeing Dropbox consume CPU whenever anything on the file system changes, regardless of whether the changed files or folders are in the Dropbox synced folders. The CPU usa...
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Mark B.87
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

John H.

thanks for reminding me about Google Drive. I played with my corporate Office365 account bit today and still found OneDrive to be unusable. I'll look into Google Drive again. I did buy more space recently for photos on iCould. I just wish Dropbox would work without brining my Macbook to its knees.

Dave H.,

great tip on using Google Drive with OS X. I'll need to pay attention to my Wifi and Dropbox's use of resources. Basically, I just want "set it and forget it" access to my files online - in addition to my backups in CrashPlan and Time Machine. 

Thanks,

Mark

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