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I appreciate this advice but I've held off implementing it because it scares me. But now I'm finished with some major projects so now seems the time to do it. Are you suggesting that I uninstall Dropbox from both the Mac and PC sides? What risks am I taking that I'll lose something? That is, in the 5000+ cases that the two…
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No change after rebooting. Option/Alt has no affect on the Accounts tab on the Mac side. It still says that it is syncing the same number of files. I installed many moons ago but I have only had this syncing problem in the last few months. Is there a way to tell if it is installed with admin privileges? -Bob
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See screenshot of the Mac side above. Alt-H brings up the options on the PC side, thanks. But "Fix permissions" runs C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\icacls.exe which opens a blank DOS window and it doesn't go away. At least, not after several minutes. Hmmm....but when I forced that window closed, it said that permissions were fixed.…
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Yes, holding down the Option/Alt key does not have any effect on what is visible on the Accounts tab.
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Thanks for your response. >> 5. While holding the Option/Alt key, click "Fix Permissions". >> If the syncing is still stuck after allowing a short time for the changes to take affect, >> please follow through the steps again and choose "Fix hardlinks" I don't have "Fix Permissions" or "Fix hardlinks" options on that tab.…
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Thanks for your response. On the PC side, the system tray icon says "Dropbox 111.4.472" and "Up to date". On the Mac side, the menu bar icon says "Dropbox 111.4.472", "uploading 100 files..." and "Downloading 5,192 files..." Several hours later these number have not changed. (!) -Bob
