How to restart syncing of the Dropbox folder on Mac?

Question

I'm having problems with Dropbox, as it is constantly syncing data and eating up my CPU.

How do I restart syncing of the Dropbox folder? I guess there must be a metadata file that I should delete, but I'm not sure where to look.

Mac OS X 10.7.3 -- Dropbox 1.2.52

Solution 1

I had a similar problem a long time ago.

Your version is outdated and the fact that it didn't self-update is a significant issue as and of itself...

Try manually deleting the Dropbox.app and installing a fresh copy downloaded from their site - that did the trick for me.

Solution 2

When mine recently quit syncing, I closed it (click on the toolbar icon, close), and restarted it (/Applications/Dropbox), works just fine. May not be your problem, but worth a try.

Comments

[GJ.]

PS if you're feeling a bit adventurous, go for the 1.3.34 forum build and sync some photos to get an extra free 3GB of space...

[Panagiotis Panagi]

I have since solved the issue of syncing, some files were failing to sync (for some reason), and blocked syncing the rest. I will check the version, thanks!

[Mohammad Arif]

Works for me as well.