# DTPO 2.9 sync transfers indexed Dropbox folder over and over

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**Category:** Tips\
**Created:** [August 2, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dtpo-2-9-sync-transfers-indexed-dropbox-folder-over-and-over/20399 "2016-08-02T11:18:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaderan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/kaderan/32/5613_2.png) [@kaderan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kaderan)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dtpo-2-9-sync-transfers-indexed-dropbox-folder-over-and-over/20399/2 "2016-08-02T13:18:28Z")

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After I posted my question I did stumble over another user with the same problem:

> [@Sync (2.) is re-downloading already dowloaded files](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/sync-2-is-re-downloading-already-dowloaded-files/20398/1):
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> Hi, I synchronise my databases between 2 macs via dropbox. On my laptop the Activity window pops up all the time telling me that it is downloading 6211 files (“Downloading items from Devonthink.dtCloud”) . When it is finished, this messages appears sporadically ( I have the feeling nearly every 1-2 hours) again. As I am just sitting at on mac and I know for a fact that the other mac is turned of, I wonder, what triggers this re-downloading. Looking at the spinning wheel in the sync preferen…

I should note (in answer to questions made to him in that thread) that:

1. I did not use the sync beta software – my syncstore was created in the released 2.9 version,

and

1. For some reason, nothing happens when I choose the “Report Bug” function in DTOP. If this is supposed to generate an email, I should note that I do not use Apple Mail (PostBox is the default mail client on my system).

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