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Upload keeps getting stuck
Int he past month on 6 different macs at work, Dropbox keeps getting stuck uploading files. You have to unlink dropbox, relink it, synch nothing, then synch individual folders one at a time. Its star...
This behavior can be expected any time a file stored in Dropbox is locked for exclusive access.
What kinds of files is it getting stuck on? I've encountered behavior similar to what you describe, when I attempted to store an Eclipse software project inside of Dropbox. Any time the project was open Eclipse would lock access to certain files; Dropbox would attempt to sync them, and get "stuck"; it wouldn't just skip over them. As soon as I closed Eclipse Dropbox would resume syncing.
As you said, when you zipped them you were able to upload them successfully. So it sounds like you're describing a situation where the files are being locked because they're currently open.
To verify that the issue isn't something to do with filenames, you can also check here.
Mod note: edited to update link in post [last update 2022]
Sanchez
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff
Ive narriowed down the issue to : it doesnt like SOME FILES.
I can't figure out what it is about these files. They have nothing in common. I took a bunch of them, images, illustrator fiels etc and zipped them into a folder. They uploaded with no problem. The larger isssue is that on encountering one of these files, Dropbox doesnt skip them it simply gets stuck and refuses to upload anything else!
- apraetor
Super User alumni
This behavior can be expected any time a file stored in Dropbox is locked for exclusive access.
What kinds of files is it getting stuck on? I've encountered behavior similar to what you describe, when I attempted to store an Eclipse software project inside of Dropbox. Any time the project was open Eclipse would lock access to certain files; Dropbox would attempt to sync them, and get "stuck"; it wouldn't just skip over them. As soon as I closed Eclipse Dropbox would resume syncing.
As you said, when you zipped them you were able to upload them successfully. So it sounds like you're describing a situation where the files are being locked because they're currently open.
To verify that the issue isn't something to do with filenames, you can also check here.
Mod note: edited to update link in post [last update 2022]
- Sanchez
