Discussions
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Excessive RAM usage while syncing large files
Hi Folks, I typically sync pretty large files (image backups) and these can be as much as 250 GB+ in size. While syncing, I notice that Dropbox reserves a seriously huge amount of memory, like the mapped file usage for my uploading file of 280 GB is currently 16 GB (not a typo). Can Dropbox maybe give feedback on this? For…
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Dropbox has stopped syncing from my external drive
Hi Folks, I recently moved Dropbox to a (permanently connected) external drive and so far, it's all worked perfectly. Today, however, I ran a normal backup and when the file was done creating (on the external drive), Dropbox just sits there and does nothing. Copying files to anywhere in the file tree on the external drive…
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Cancel an online-only file download (as it is happening)
Hi Folks, Well this is odd. If you have a large online-only file and you (double-)click it to access it in Windows Explorer, Dropbox starts downloading it (syncing it). So far so good. But what if I want to cancel that sync? The only button I see here is "Sync next" (which, incidentally, does absolutely nothing, the file…
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Better upload monitoring
Hi all, First off, I do think Dropbox does better than most on monitoring, but a few changes would be good: * Dedicated box for showing uploads that STAYS PUT and does not disappear, esp. useful for those of us uploading very large files (like disk images) that take maybe a day to complete. * Make the display of upload…
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Still uploading... but also saying the files have uploaded
Hi there, Update: Dropbox has now decided that the second file is uploaded and the other one is still going. Which is ... OK, but it should really not make stuff up half-way through the process. I'll keep monitoring and report back once the big file is properly online. OK, first problem with Dropbox encountered already,…
