This wouldn't even be such an issue except that if I check network activity in the MacOS Activity Monitor, I can see that sometimes (but not always) it's constantly uploading or downloading packets of data, larger than just a few bytes (like 0.5mb every few seconds). While running, the app isn't taking up a relevant amount of CPU doing this, and it continues to sync new and changed files properly. The only folder that shows a blue sync icon is at the very top level:Īll other files and folders look something like this:
Doing it this way, I couldn't find any file that wasn't either a Green Checkmark or a White Checkmark/Grey Cloud. I've then slowly scrolled through to view the status of each file and folder (you have to sometimes wait for Dropbox to update that many green checks / blue sync icons).
When opening up the Dropbox folder, I've Alt-Click to expand and view all files and folders in the drive. I saw a few posts about file name or file depth / path length, but I would have no idea where to start with diagnosing that, especially because as far as I've seen, all files are synced properly. There are about 31k files in the main folder, and no individual file is larger than 1 or 2gb, so nothing out of the ordinary there. Looking for any file names that have unsupported characters in them Searching Finder for the files that have the blue syncing status icon Using the advanced functions in the application settings, like This is a problem that's already been well documented in the forums for various reasons, so I'll list all of the things I've tried using other forum posts: I'm a long time Dropbox user, I've run into an issue with my Dropbox desktop application "Syncing 20 files" constantly for the past few weeks, though I've seemingly not changed anything about how I use the app.
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