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Dave H.'s avatar
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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jaybwilliams1
New member | Level 2

I have a new mac pro (2017) and I have the same 100% CPU problem. Can you provide the stes to remove the symlinks in a safe way?

 

Thanks,

 

SidianMSJones's avatar
SidianMSJones
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

I'm using shortcut folders (is that a symlink?) pointing TO folders inside the Dropbox folder. Would that cause this CPU issue?

 

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