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Dropbox folder actual size is larger than the contents within it.
Hi. When I 'Get Info' about my Dropbox folder from the side bar of a Finder window, it shows that the folder is 250Gb in size. Yet when I look at the contents of the folder - there are only a number of tiny files and one main folder which is only 129Gb in size. Please can someone explain this!
On Mac, aliases in Dropbox to folders within Dropbox no longer work across devices
I'm having the same problem as what the user Robio describes here: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Files-folders/Mac-aliases-within-Dropbox-used-to-work-on-all-shared-devices/m-p/370300 That discussion went to e-mail before a solution was found. Since I'm having exactly the same issue, I would like to know how…
Can I hide the Dropbox icon from the menu bar?
Can I remove the dropbox icon from the status bar, and later get it back without jeopardizing my dropbox account during that period?
Stop Dropbox asking to upload photos from SD card on Mac
Hi, Whenever I insert an SD card into my Mac, I get a popup asking if I want to upload images to Dropbox. I don't... and the 'don't ask again' option is greyed out....how can I disable this popup?
Google Docs + Safari - not working
I'm trying to use Google Docs with Dropbox and I'm having issues with Safari. I've created a doc, but when I go to edit it, Safari says: "Google Sheets needs access Google Sheets needs to authenticate your session. Please allow cookie access for Google Sheets by clicking here. Learn more to allow access to third-party…
Syncing takes more time than normal lately and it's taking some time to start it up upon rebooting
NOTE: I posted this yeserday but it was marked as spam for some reason. To clean up and speed things up, I recently reformatted the hard drive on my Mac and did a complete reinstall of everything including Dropbox. To save time (I thought), I kept almost all the files on Dropbox rather than backups. I am now having extreme…
Changing folder icons
How can I change my Dropbox folder icons and use my own icons? Until recently, I could change icons to my own icon picture, which made working quicker. I use Mac OS Mojave on a MacBook Pro, and use Dropbox from my Mac OS desktop finder window. As of the second week of October, all my icons reverted to generic folder icons…
Why is my video audio out of sync for video files uploaded to Dropbox?
I have .mov file I created in which the audio sync is correct on my computer (Mac). But when I upload the .mov file to my DropBox account, the audio is out of sync in the copy on DropBox. How do I fix this? Thank you!
39 files stuck syncing for weeks
Using the Mac version 88.4.172 of the Dropbox app on my 2015 MacBook Pro (with the latest Catalina macOS 10.15.2). Dropbox has been stuck for several weeks on 39 files syncing. I use Smart Sync for a number of folders. These are the steps I’ve taken to try to fix this issue: * Quit Dropbox and restarted. * Restarted the…
Dropbox using high amount of RAM / memory
This is an issue for Dropbox running macOS Mojave 10.14.6. I've been using Dropbox for many years but as a really light user. I probably have around 200 data files, sizes ranging from a few bytes to a few hundred kilobytes. And the total is about 60 MB. I use Drop only for four apps; one which I never use, two others…
Dropbox causing Mac desktop to freeze or slow down
Does anyone else get major slow down or freezing with rainbow wheels when dropbox is installed on Mac desktop using Mohave 10.14.3?
Total size of files and folders differs between Mac and PC/Dropbox.com
I have three machines fully synced with my Dropbox account. Two are Windows desktops, which both show a total size of my Dropbox folder as 590 GBytes. Dropbox.com also shows my account using 590 GBytes. However, my Mac shows a total size of 635 GBytes. I'd like to understand where the extra 45 GBytes are coming from on the…
Symlink changes - Mac OS sync desktop to Dropbox broken
I have tons of working files on my Mac desktop which I need to access on iOS and this worked well with symlink between desktop and dropbox folder. With the recent change where symlinks don't sync folder content, I am stuck. Mac OS doesn't seem to allow the Desktop folder to be placed in Dropbox folder. Appreciate any tips!
Folders that end with a . (dot) are not appearing locally on PCs for our team, but are for macs
Hi there, Our team discovered today that any folders ending in a . (dot), fo example, a folder named "Example Folder." would not appear locally on synced file explorers for our team members using PCs, however these folders appeared for team members using a Mac. If we remove the dot from the folder name and the folder name…
Don't see 'sync now' option to prioritise which files sync first
I have a personal dropxox account and am on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.4. I am syncing a large number of files and want to prioritise some larger files first. According to this article https://help.dropbox.com/sync/prioritize-files-sync I should be able to right click on a file with the blue sync icon and see option 'Sync now'.…
"The file has been changed by another application."
Over the past couple of weeks, both of my Macs have been telling me that files cannot be autosaved because "The file has been changed by another application." * This occurs in multiple applications, including Keynote, Preview, Multimarkdown Composer, and more. * The error message says that it has failed when trying to…
Reinstallation of Dropbox after clean install of OS, without Re-downloading all files
Dear Community Greetings, I had to make a clean install of Mac OS, prior to which i copied all my dropbox folder to an external HD. I need to reinstall/download the dropbox on my machine but I want to avoid downloading all the files through internet again, as i already have them in my external HD. Is it possible to copy…
MacOS 10.14 SmartSync files included in disk storage calculation
So I don't think I'm the first to ask this, but I don't see any real solutions, so here goes... I have 2016 MacBook Pro 13" 250GB which is now showing storage issues. For example, one of the documents in the Large File report shows a PSD file at 827MB - this file is an 'online-only' file. Looking at it in Finder and…
Two separate personal accounts on the same computer?
My husband and I have two Dropbox personal accounts. They are under two different email addresses. One is basically shared between the two of us, the other is mine with my own files on it. In the past, I have had the "shared" account on our iMac desktop, it shows up on the top bar with the Dropbox icon as well as in the…
Syncing documents folder in Mac OS 10.14
So now that Dropbox has decided to ****** the way we use symlinks in dropbox, " title=":sob: " /> I am left wondering how to sync my "Documents folder. I am willing to move the folder into Dropbox, however, it seems that isn't possible as I can only copy it over and am left with two copies as I can't delete the original…
New message notification but can't find the message
I have a 'new message notification' number on the Dropbox icon in my Mac Menu but can't find the message. I get message all the time from my clients, but this one seems to be missing or an old one won't clear. I've tried logging out and back in again, but the number is still there. Any suggestions about either why I can't…
I have an issue with indexing "._" files. Any ideas?
Why are files prefixed with ._(then file name) showing in all my folders? Is this a mistake?

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