#Dropbox files not syncing how to
#Dropbox files not syncing Pc

So, at this point, I don't know why the two issues that I noted above were occurring. Note: the only files that were actually uploaded were those that had previous not synced due to the file permission errors. The indexing/syncing took a while, but all files synced with no issues. I then created a Boxifier shortcut to the network share, after which Dropbox began the indexing/syncing of all folders/files in the network share. Anyway, I then deleted this folder in the Dropbox folder because it was now an incomplete duplicate of my network share folder. I think that I could have prevented this if I had unselected the folder in selective sync as soon as I had reinstalled the Dropbox app. The initial Dropbox setup step was confusing to me, and perhaps my initial setup was not correct because I found that Dropbox immediately synced the folder that had previously been a Boxifier shortcut and created it as a physical folder within the Dropbox folder.

#Dropbox files not syncing Pc

I then linked my PC back to my Dropbox account and also restarted Boxifier. I then uninstalled Dropbox on my PC and reinstalled the Dropbox app (I believe that a new version of Dropbox was installed).

I finally decided to 'start over.' I stopped the Boxifier app and unlinked my PC from my Dropbox account. I tried moving the folders/files with permission errors from their original locations and back to my network shared folder, changing to a different user admin account, changing file permissions but nothing that I did worked to eliminate the file permission error coming from Dropbox. I tried deleting the Boxifier shortcuts and recreating them and this did not work. I had a Boxifier staff remote connect to my machine and fix things, and then the issue would return later.

I've experienced two sync issues:Ī) Dropbox app says all files are synced but clearly (looking at Dropbox on web), some folders/files are not synced, andī) error message(s) from Dropbox app saying cannot sync due to incorrect file permissions.įor the permissions error, I've never been able to determine the source/reason of this error. If you know any other good alternatives to replace Dropbox on Linux, let me know in the comments below.Over the past month, I have been moving folders from various locations on my PC into the network shared folder that is synced to Dropbox with Boxifier (using a Boxifier shortcut). Given these complications with using Dropbox on Linux, you may consider trying some Dropbox alternatives. You need to fix this unsupported file system issue on all computers. Keep in mind if you use Dropbox on several computers and some of them are unsupported, Dropbox may not sync on your computer even if you do the manipulations described in this post. In addition, you can also auto-mount the encrypted partition at the system boot Final note

#Dropbox files not syncing how to

How to shrink a partition without losing data.I described how to do that in these posts: So, If you don’t have a separate partition which you can encrypt with LUKS, you can shrink your current partition and create a new partition with Gparted. Move to LUKS partitionįor the second option, you need to move your Dropbox folder following the same procedure as I have just shown but you move it to a LUKS encrypted partition and symlink it to your user home folder. So, this was the easiest option to fix the Dropbox issue.