PhotoStructure keeps crashing after a while with error ChildService(sync) Failed to scan system volumes

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@bjarte

I have my entire PS directory inside Google Drive (I have now switched to Dropbox, but I don’t think that makes any difference)

Ah: yes, it absolutely matters.

Dropbox (and Google Drive and OneDrive) address trying to do bidirectional synchronization, which is frequently buggy.

I’d exclude your previews directory from synchronization and force-enable “db replica” mode.

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PhotoStructure and backup software

I’ve had a couple users wrestle with their backup software and PhotoStructure. Quick summary You may want to consider configuring your backup software to exclude the .photostructure/previews directory in your PhotoStructure library. If you’re using backup software that does bi-directional synchronization, like Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Drive, you should enable configure the database directory to be “mirror”, not “sync”, to prevent buggy sync software from fighting with SQLite. You ma…