Because they were originally riding skateboards <| sep |> When the desktop client starts , it begins a check on all of the files to see if there are any alterations . This check seems to go on for hours and its not clear if the process is genuinely taking this long or if it stops mid way and restarts . I currently have 200 , 000 files and 38 , 000 folders being synced . I ' m wondering if this is because of the number of files and folders I ' m syncing . <| sep |> Posting a long scientific sounding answer to a question and then ending the comment with ' I just made that up , I don ' t know what I ' m talking about '.<| sep |> You should read my comment about what I dealt with last year . You absolutely run the risk of getting someone deplorable .