Hi Severin,

I haven't experienced any battery drain using Dropbox on MBP, MBA, iPad4, 
iPhone 6 plus.

Are you using the latest version of Dropbox on the MacBook?
There was a version of Dropbox that was causing significant battery drain, but 
a subsequent update fixed it.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 26 May 2015, at 8:45 pm, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> I have an iMac, a MacBook, and iPad mini, networked and all using a common 
> Dropbox account.  
> The iMac and the iPad show no symptom of power drain (I can of course see 
> visually on the iPad).
> The MacBook (OsX Lion), when connected to Dropbox, warms up, the fan comes on 
> and the battery drains a full charge in less than 1 hour!   I have cleared 
> and reinstalled that Dropbox to no avail.   
> Has any one any comment or experience on this?   
> Severin Crisp
> 
> Sent from Sev's iPad
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