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meganh32
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3 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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Walter
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3 years ago

Hi G R A N T,  sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

Could you please let us know some additional information so that we can look into this further?

 

For example, what is your computer's exact OS version and the version of the Dropbox desktop app installed there as well?

 

Any additional information is more than welcome! 

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G R A N T
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3 years ago

Hello Walter I tried running the beta version you noted above in an earlier post. It looks like the Beta will allow for Finder to display thumbnails of image files and PDFs. This is a big improvement. I hope this fix in beta remains in the next permanent version. Thanks. G

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