Just done a Start Over ... which is not deleting the millions of files. I am watching what is being deleted by running this in the terminal.
sudo fs_usage -w | grep unlink Here is a sample. It's been running a long time. Let's see what happens in a few hours elapsed. I would love to know how to prevent this from happening in future. 13:55:11.672351 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B17F0DD3- FB65-4A28-8615-840A0EA0D276.conflict.data 0.045338 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:11.673709 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B17F0DD3- FB65-4A28-8615-840A0EA0D276.data 0.001329 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.081296 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1803B5D-32E3-4FFE-B6AB- B2ADA3EEFB34.conflict.data 0.405764 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.118753 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1803B5D-32E3-4FFE-B6AB- B2ADA3EEFB34.data 0.037429 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.146367 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B180B75C-D9D3-49C6-A568- A77920285A0D.conflict.data 0.027600 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.146550 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B180B75C-D9D3-49C6-A568- A77920285A0D.data 0.000149 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.191384 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B181E0AD-8039-4B60-9DCA- B8C173CB812F.conflict.data 0.044810 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.191646 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B181E0AD-8039-4B60-9DCA- B8C173CB812F.data 0.000245 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.248815 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1849F25-45C0-494D-9FA3- AD1E2E8D718B.conflict.data 0.057159 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.249060 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1849F25-45C0-494D-9FA3- AD1E2E8D718B.data 0.000215 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.300261 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B18500B1-0030-4CE2-9129-03E4788B41E5.conflict.data 0.051192 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.327072 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B18500B1-0030-4CE2-9129-03E4788B41E5.data 0.026771 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.351835 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1851DB7- C7A0-4A94-97DD-85C064554941.conflict.data 0.024750 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.355257 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1851DB7- C7A0-4A94-97DD-85C064554941.data 0.000200 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.406952 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B185A9ED-E2AC-4C74- BB31-2F5191866AE3.conflict.data 0.051688 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.430249 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B185A9ED-E2AC-4C74- BB31-2F5191866AE3.data 0.023270 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.476011 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B18973FB-9126-40C3-8B4B-83BCBDE5EB8B.conflict.data 0.045739 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.476245 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B18973FB-9126-40C3-8B4B-83BCBDE5EB8B.data 0.000197 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.530292 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B18BC667-6907-49C0- A36B-5AB8CB918514.conflict.data 0.054040 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.561645 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B18BC667-6907-49C0- A36B-5AB8CB918514.data 0.031326 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.589620 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B195646A-A2D8-4D21- A2FF-123E827312D8.conflict.data 0.027959 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.589896 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B195646A-A2D8-4D21- A2FF-123E827312D8.data 0.000264 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.625212 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B195939C-969B-4288-8AEA-8B11DAA6FD4C.conflict.data 0.035298 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.625497 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B195939C-969B-4288-8AEA-8B11DAA6FD4C.data 0.000256 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.667772 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1981603-8655-48D3-BF87- F97AA47A8273.conflict.data 0.042265 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.684871 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B1981603-8655-48D3-BF87- F97AA47A8273.data 0.017076 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.711997 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B19823ED-EBD8-4F67- AFDB-60C6EADB06BD.conflict.data 0.027114 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.712227 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B19823ED-EBD8-4F67- AFDB-60C6EADB06BD.data 0.000206 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.748804 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B19BC4C8-9254-472B-8990-2DEED4288634.conflict.data 0.036568 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.764640 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B19BC4C8-9254-472B-8990-2DEED4288634.data 0.015812 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.804826 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B19E39BE-EB23-44C4- BE52-8E9ACC514973.conflict.data 0.040171 W SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.805031 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ B19E39BE-EB23-44C4- BE52-8E9ACC514973.data 0.000181 SyncServer.316186 13:55:12.849786 unlink /Users/owain/ Library/Application Support/SyncServices/Local/DataReferences/0ed/ 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