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DL8
5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Pause sync and resume sync have disappeared!
In the past, there was always the ability to pause sync so that I could upload a backup from an existing file. Now there is a new version of Dropbox (99.3.488). The pause sync and resume sync capabil...
- 5 years ago
it's not gone. but it's stupidly hidden now. On Mac, if you click on the Dropbox icon in the menu bar, and then click on the blue spinning wheel at the bottom of the menu, you get the option to pause syncing for 30 minutes, an hour or until tomorrow. I looked everywhere and thought as well that this was gone. It's just placed weirdly.
Howard H.6
5 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Windows user here, on latest version of app, NOT beta. Pause/Resume Sync is also missing -- REALLY need this functionality restored ASAP, please!
- Julian S.75 years agoHelpful | Level 5
it's not gone. but it's stupidly hidden now. On Mac, if you click on the Dropbox icon in the menu bar, and then click on the blue spinning wheel at the bottom of the menu, you get the option to pause syncing for 30 minutes, an hour or until tomorrow. I looked everywhere and thought as well that this was gone. It's just placed weirdly.
- Igor_Oleynikov5 years agoNew member | Level 2
Well, I can pause syncing but only options are 30 minutes, 1 hour and until tomorrow. Why I cant pause forever?
- Sergio5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Oh, yes, you're right. Thank you! The "Up to date" green click or blue spinning wheel is now clickable without giving any clue or hint that it's clickable. I wonder why the support staff didn't point this out earlier. Thank you again!
- Agile15 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thank you, I was getting irritated looking for this. Dropbox keeps changing over the last year and I've hated every bit of it lol
- revmlt5 years agoNew member | Level 2
Windows user here. I am having the same problem - can't find pause sync - while trying to transfer everything from one computer to the other. I don't see an answer for Windows and the Mac solution isn't available for Windows. Help!
- Jay5 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi revmlt, you can pause syncing by following the steps in this article.
Let me know if you need any more info!
- shastings5 years agoHelpful | Level 5
So now it looks like there's been yet another update. When you click on the spinning wheel in the system tray, there is no longer ANY option that I can see to pause syncing in any way whatsoever. It simply open up a new DropBox interface where you can see your folders, etc (which is completely redundant, but that's another matter).
Please, someone tell me that I'm missing something here and the feature to pause syncing hasn't been removed altogether. I work with extremely large files in Adobe and often run into issues where Windows tells me I can't save the file due to it being in use (because it's trying to sync it). Not being able to pause is completely unacceptable.
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