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Ripples88's avatar
Ripples88
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

blue circle syncing icon not showing

The blue circle icon that indicates my file is syncing doesn't display at all in the Dropbox desktop app.  The green sync completed icons do appear, however.      I tried uploading a 1.5Mb file. ...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 years ago
    The blue icon will not appear online for the website OR if you are using the mobile version of Dropbox from the app store.

    It will only appear if you use the 'full' version which has created a 'Dropbox' folder.

    www.dropbox.com/downloading may also help. Make sure you give it full admin rights
Mark's avatar
Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
7 years ago
The blue icon will not appear online for the website OR if you are using the mobile version of Dropbox from the app store.

It will only appear if you use the 'full' version which has created a 'Dropbox' folder.

www.dropbox.com/downloading may also help. Make sure you give it full admin rights
  • Ripples88's avatar
    Ripples88
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    How do I ensure that when I reinstall Dropbox that I give it full admin rights?  I don't recall seeing this option (I'm not technical).

     

    BTW - thanks for the link to www.dropbox.com/downloading.  I've now downloaded the Dropbox desktop app for the 3rd time.  I've unlinked and relinked the Dropbox desktop app to my computer.  I've also ensured that the Preferences are set so that the 'Start Dropbox on system startup' is checked.  

     

    I now get another alert message that says "Please reinstall Dropbox to fix all your syncing problems".  

    • Ripples88's avatar
      Ripples88
      Explorer | Level 4
      7 years ago

      Unfortunately none of the solutions have worked so far.  I've reinstalled Dropbox desktop app 4 times now.   I also increased the Bandwith preference to 'No limit', in case it's a slow upload speed issue.

       

      I guess I'll just have to accept that 'no icon' replaces the 'blue circle icon' and have faith that syncing is, in fact, taking place.

      • Karina's avatar
        Karina
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        7 years ago

        Hey Ripples88 and Mark

        I just wanted to add (in case this might be a contributing factor), is to have a check on the Dropbox version you're running and make sure it's our latest Stable build, rather than one of our Beta (experimental) builds. 

         

        Currently our latest Stable build is: 44.4.58

         

        A Beta build is essentially an experimental version of the app which is still in the testing period, and this can sometimes lead to inconsistencies in the behavior and performance of the application.

         

        If this is not the case, again, please write back with any updates or additional info you think might be helpful for us to know on this matter. 

         

        Thanks and enjoy the rest of your day! 

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