Rich Super User II

A rename on your operating system is seen as a deletion of one folder and an add of another. When this happens Dropbox will re-index the entire content and while doing so it will appear as though it's uploading and/or downloading, but it really isn't. Only files that have actually changed will be transferred. This process…

including sublfoders? No.

Using the Dropbox website, no. Using your computer, assuming you have the Dropbox client installed and all files are synced, you can list the properties of a folder (on Windows, right-click, select Properties) and it will list how many files are within it.

Has there been any development on this feature? Dropbox does not reveal planned features until they're released in the Beta clients.

Is there another way to do this? No, there isn't. It's their computer creating these files. To Dropbox, they're just files like any other that need to be synced, so it syncs them. Are you on Windows? If so, run a recursive attrib command on your Dropbox folder to set those files to hidden, then disable the display of…

And dropbox are still ignoring this Dropbox has not ignored this. They explained the issue in this very thread back in May 2015. * https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/201275139-Why-do-these-com-dropbox-attributes-files-show-up-everywhere-/comments/201014689

So I want to just move the files (and file structure) over from that server to Dropbox. https://mover.io/ [This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Ask a Question section here.]