I have about 2TB of stuff on my Dropbox Account - I use a lot of it on a daily basis - and have had an intel mac for 10 years - just bought a new mac (///M Series) and the dropbox app is very different . . .
you can now only use an external drive if it is AFPS ENCRYPTED
it is suggesteed that you use Apple File Provider - to "enhance" lol the experience
For 4 weeks I have been battling these issues . . .
1 - endless syncing
2 - endless indexing
3 - while all this shizz is going on I am unable to use my DB files on my mac
4 - every time I restart the machine - we go into endless syncling and indexing mode again
When I got the new machine, I used apple's migration assistant, which obviously copies a lot of your files and apps over, without actually installing them properly on a new machine - for the last few days I have been looking into other providers too as it's been doing my head in . . . sync - google drive - iCloud drive etc which seem to work pretty well - but I am really reluctant to blow out DB as I have been using it for decades!
Today (and for the 8th time this month) I have deleted my local copy of my dropbox folder AND this time for the first time, I also uninstalled the DB app, downloaded a fresh copy and installed it - opted out of file provider, deleted ALL remaining DB system files/folders, formatted my external hard drive and we are currently syncing/downloading and so far . . . it all seems to be much much better behaved now!!
No hanging - no endless "syncing" message - it's just actually working as I would expect it to
If this doesnt work - then DB will be going in the bin and I will probably go for a "sync" account - which I have been testing and just seems to work without any of the faf!!
you can now only use an external drive if it is AFPS ENCRYPTED
it is suggesteed that you use Apple File Provider - to "enhance" lol the experience
For 4 weeks I have been battling these issues . . .
1 - endless syncing
2 - endless indexing
3 - while all this shizz is going on I am unable to use my DB files on my mac
4 - every time I restart the machine - we go into endless syncling and indexing mode again
When I got the new machine, I used apple's migration assistant, which obviously copies a lot of your files and apps over, without actually installing them properly on a new machine - for the last few days I have been looking into other providers too as it's been doing my head in . . . sync - google drive - iCloud drive etc which seem to work pretty well - but I am really reluctant to blow out DB as I have been using it for decades!
Today (and for the 8th time this month) I have deleted my local copy of my dropbox folder AND this time for the first time, I also uninstalled the DB app, downloaded a fresh copy and installed it - opted out of file provider, deleted ALL remaining DB system files/folders, formatted my external hard drive and we are currently syncing/downloading and so far . . . it all seems to be much much better behaved now!!
No hanging - no endless "syncing" message - it's just actually working as I would expect it to
If this doesnt work - then DB will be going in the bin and I will probably go for a "sync" account - which I have been testing and just seems to work without any of the faf!!
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Photos syncs great within apple ecosystem but lags slightly behind Google photos for editing, touching up, searching and moments.