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@"VesaJuvonen" Upon checking in for updates, I've noticed they locked the main thread with no final update, resolution, or response. So, it appears they don't care to fix it. We narrowed down the issue and it seems to me like it should be an easy fix, yet their stance is that Dropbox is not meant to be backed up by another…
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Yeah, this is a bit ridiculous. We've pinpointed the issue, yet we can't get an update or fix...? Again, this was not an issue a couple of months ago. Staff member @"Megan" acknowledges that the reason for the start of the behavior is unknown. Well, now we know the likely reason. At the least, could you please stop Dropbox…
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Regardless of whether or not another cloud service is backing up the same files, there is still an issue. I posted it in my detailed post, but I'll reiterate: The Dropbox placeholder files will have a gray “X” unsynced icon. These icons NEVER go away. That means the placeholder files NEVER sync via Dropbox, regardless of…
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@"Bill_Richards" The issue came up unexpectedly for me again as well. No PC shutdown/restart, so I don't know what triggered it. The temp fix I posted still works. @"Walter" A number of us have already reported that stopping one of the two cloud services will stop the notifications. I posted a detailed approach to figuring…
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2023.04.03 Edit: The following post was originally posted in this thread (1), but has since been moved into the current thread and is therefore somewhat irrelevant. Spoiler For whatever reason, they've moved many of our replies to another thread (3). I can understand since it isn't exactly the same issue, but it is…
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I also started experiencing this issue earlier this week. Like everyone (and also reported here), I have my Dropbox folder backed up and synced via another cloud storage provider (in my case, Google Drive) and it has never been an issue until earlier this week. The problem seems to be the “placeholder” files located in…
