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jaroslawistok
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
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All files show as zero bytes.

mac monterey   After restore and syncing now are the fils with zero bytes. Some are showing size after opening but some I can't open at all, even if the preview thumbnail is showing in finder
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    jaroslawistok
    2 years ago

    ok, it now seems to download all the files.
    I hope new filse are on both sides.

     

    thx

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pba45
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

I've just found that you can right-click on the dropbox folder itself (in the finder) and select "make available offline". This seems to be downloading all files to my computer.

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