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(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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Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffMeans paths that are pointing to folders living outside your Dropbox folder.
For more details: https://www.dropbox.com/help/9199
Symlinks
Because symlinks refer to locations outside of the Dropbox folder, the Dropbox desktop app could get stuck attempting to access them.
Determine if symlinks are the cause with these steps:
For OS X computers
- Open your Terminal app located at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.
- Copy and paste the command line below and press Enter on your keyboard.
find ~/Dropbox -type l -exec ls -lah {} \;
For Windows computers
- Press the Windows + R keys (at the same time) on your keyboard.
- Type "cmd" and press Enter on your keyboard to open the command prompt.
- Copy and paste the command line below and press Enter on your keyboard.
dir "%HOMEPATH%\Dropbox" /a:l /s
By default, the Dropbox folder is located in ~/Dropbox. If you have a Dropbox Business account, the default location for the business Dropbox folder is~/Dropbox (Your team name). To search the business Dropbox folder you should replace ~/Dropbox with the full pathway to the Dropbox folder within quotation marks. You should do the same if you moved the Dropbox folder to a location other than the default location. See the follwing example pathway:
find "users/Michel/Documents/Dropbox (Enterprise)" -type l -exec ls
