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jhedleyj
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

Never-ending Backup in Dropbox Backup

For a couple of weeks now I have noticed this phenomenon... When I opened the Dropbox Menu icon on my iMac I noticed that the Mac was backing up yet "Everything is up to date". I have checked in Fin...
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  • jhedleyj's avatar
    jhedleyj
    3 years ago

    Hi Megan

    Good news!

    I deleted version 159.3.5865 and downloaded/installed version 158.4.4564 and all is now well. 

    Many thanks for the help from you and your team.

    John

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Rich
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3 years ago
jhedleyj wrote:

I have checked in Finder and all the files that should be backed up are backed up (or are they?) because the green tick is there as would be expected.

That's referring to files that are syncing. I don't think that includes any backups you may be running. Do you set up any backups? Check your Backups page?

  • jhedleyj's avatar
    jhedleyj
    Helpful | Level 7
    3 years ago

    I don't think there is a problem with syncing. Files I used this afternoon are already up in the cloud (very fast too!)

    I have the usual folders being backed up (see Screenshot). Everything seems to be there what should be there eg files I created this afternoon.

    I also have an external SSD being backed up which is working very smoothly with no problems. The Mac is still showing "Backing up" despite the files having been uploaded.

    I have checked my syncing Bandwidths and both upload and download are set to Unlimited. 

     

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