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meganh32
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

How to view previews of online-only files on desktop (like how you can in the mobile app)? - macOS

I'm trying to figure out how to see previews, specifically of .jpeg online files, on my mac desktop. I use Dropbox almost exclusively for photo management and it's frustrating not even being able to ...
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Rzei's avatar
Rzei
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Sam, this is working, I've got all my previews/thumbnails back. Many thanks!

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Sam DBX
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2 years ago

Great news Rzei 😃

  • HappyTales's avatar
    HappyTales
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Unfortunately this still isn't working for me on my Teams account. See attached. I have tried Force Quit of both Finder and the Dropbox app, and have also restarted my computer.

     

    As you can see, I'm on the latest version of the beta.

     

     

     

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