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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...
Dear Dropbox,
I'm discontinuing my paid membership over this issue. I was an avid member early on ever since the beta (2007/2008?), but I'm no longer impressed. In fact, I'm hugely disappointed. This CPU usage issue has remained for far too long (past couple of years for me). At this late stage it is not even clear if you are treating this as a bug.
I have read the posts about 300,000+ files, and symlinks etc. And my situation is probably one of those, but you know what - I don't care. I want to have 300,000+ files! and I want (need) symlinks! And I want to use my computer without hearing the fan run furiously.
There is no reason that the desktop sync app should cause such high CPU for such long durations even with these conditions. The app should just work quietly in the background without disturbing computer usage. Throttle the heavy work. Yield CPU in your tight loops. Your smart engineers can solve this problem.
