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 ## The initial sync is very slow, how can I speed it up?
 
-Whenever importing a large number of notes, for example from Evernote, it may take a very long time for the first sync to complete. There are various techniques to speed thing up (if you don't want to simply wait for the sync to complete), which are outlined in [this post](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/workaround-for-slow-initial-bulk-sync-after-evernote-import/746?u=laurent).
+Whenever importing a large number of notes, for example from Evernote, it may take a very long time for the first sync to complete. There are various techniques to speed this up (if you don't want to simply wait for the sync to complete), which are outlined in [this post](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/workaround-for-slow-initial-bulk-sync-after-evernote-import/746?u=laurent).
 
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