Operating system
Windows
Joplin version
3.3.13
Desktop version info
Joplin 3.3.13 (prod, win32)
Device: win32, 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz
Client ID: b9515dd599f4448ebe92aa121ec1e9b0
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 47
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -
Revision: 144ed59
Backup: 1.4.3
Freehand Drawing: 3.0.1
Quick Links: 1.3.1
Quick Move: 1.1.0
Search & Replace: 2.2.0
Sync target
Joplin Cloud
What issue do you have?
Dear all,
I am truly very grateful for your work on all aspects of Joplin, the programming and constant updating of the main program, the plug-ins, your support and responsiveness here and elsewhere. A few days ago, I subscribed to Joplin Cloud.
Now I have a two-part question which bothers me for a while.
I do not understand why Joplin synchronization takes so long, involves so many "items", files and resources (what's the difference, anyways?), and why it fetches and updates constantly thousands resources even when I have not made any edits or other changes at all.
I have only around 1000 notes, and most of them do not have attachments, afaik.
But the number of resources involved in each sync, and also between syncs, even exceeds by far the number of files contained within a jex Backup-export, and that number (almost 8000 md files and more 5000+ additional files in the resources-folder) is already a multiple of the number of notes. Last time I synced to a new device, more than 30.000 resources where fetched.
What is going on here? Does Joplin keep track of older versions of my data before reorganizing things? Or is there another reason for so many files and resources? More importantly: If this is not normal (for some weird reason), how can I get Joplin back to a more normal behavior?
The other aspect of my question that bothers me is that Joplin even when NOT asked to synchronize is constantly up- or downloading resources, or "updating" resources locally or on the server, even when I have not made any changes in hours.
These two things may be related.
As far as I can tell, I have seen this behavior before, when I was still using WebDAV as my sync target.
Thanks in advance for any advice (or at least an explanation).
I attach two screenshots of my tree of notebooks which documents that I have just above 1000 notes, and the high number of "items", files and resources fetched, created and/or updated when synchronizing and between syncs (or is the moment of an automatic sync? Why is the "Sync now" button active, then?).
I am sorry if my question has been answered elsewhere, and am happy to be pointed to relevant threads, FAQ-items or wherever.