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Road_warrior's avatar
Road_warrior
Helpful | Level 6
2 months ago

Slow sync issue after updating the desktop app to v210.4.4854.

Ive got an issue with the upgrade. Anyone else have the same problem? Slow in sync, VERY slow in making the connection and very useless box that DOES NOT tell me which files it does'nt not recognize.

  • There isn't a solution. The sync is slow and incomplete files are not shown on any screen, even if you have the ORIGINAL file (and you can see it) on an external drive. I will have to either seek a new computer OR find another provider.

    I now have 212.4.5767 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Sorry to hear about this, Road_warrior.

     

    Can you let us know what your computer's OS and version is?

     

    Have you restarted your computer ever since this started happening?

     

    And can you please also send us a screenshot of that box you're referring to?

     

    Thanks in advance.

    • Road_warrior's avatar
      Road_warrior
      Helpful | Level 6

      Window 10

      Yes many times. Seems to be the same LONG problem

      Cant get the screen image (Snagit) to cut over

      Other system resources are CPU 94%, Memory 85% and Disk 20%

       

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

        Road_warrior wrote:

        Other system resources are CPU 94%, Memory 85% and Disk 20%


        What is taking up all that CPU time? Sort by CPU and it should put the CU heavy tasks at the top of the window.

    • Road_warrior's avatar
      Road_warrior
      Helpful | Level 6

       This is the Tray Assistant. There is not button that tell me how to get a list of the corrupted files. There is there nothing on my web page. So how to get a list of the files?

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hey Road_warrior -  thanks for the screenshot and the additional information.

         

        Could you try clicking on the app's icon and then on the "View sync issues" button to see if there's anything listed there? 

  • Tod-D's avatar
    Tod-D
    Explorer | Level 3

    I'm having a similar problem with this latest upgrade on Linux. I have the problem with both Ubuntu 24.04 and SUSE Tumbleweed distributions

     

    It seems to be on a (endless?) loop of indexing, uploading and downloading. I received an error that it lacked permission to Dropbox.txt. I input my super user password with seemed to satisfy the popup. Then it proceeded to it's endless loop.

  • Tod-D's avatar
    Tod-D
    Explorer | Level 3

    Hello, sorry probably not the right place to start a ticket.... I also posted this as a reply to another user with a similar issue.

     

    I'm having a similar problem as others with this latest upgrade on Linux. I have the problem with both Ubuntu 24.04 and SUSE Tumbleweed distributions

     

    It seems to be on a (endless?) loop of indexing, uploading and downloading. I received an error that it lacked permission to Dropbox.txt. I input my super user password with seemed to satisfy the popup. Then it proceeded to it's endless loop.

    Screenshot

  • Road_warrior's avatar
    Road_warrior
    Helpful | Level 6

    There isn't a solution. The sync is slow and incomplete files are not shown on any screen, even if you have the ORIGINAL file (and you can see it) on an external drive. I will have to either seek a new computer OR find another provider.

    I now have 212.4.5767 

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