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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 ...
Sam DBX
Community Manager
Community ManagerHi there pedroms !
Have you tried installing our most recent Beta Build 186.3.6103 ?
Let me know if it works for you.
Sam
Mac Studio 2022 with Apple M1 Max running macOS Sonoma 14.0 - can confirm i'm subscribed to dropbox beta updates and currently on
V186.3.6141.
I tried quitting dropbox + reopening, tried restarting mac before I even logged out of dropbox entirely and back in, which required re-syncing files and despite the default setting being online only it initially warned me there wasn't space on my computer for all my team's dropbox folders - had to selective sync half then go back into preferences and sync the other half later.
STILL CAN'T SEE THUMBNAILS in finder for my team dropbox's online only files.
Since someone above mentioned the various ways you can preview files (none of which work for me currently) I wanted to clarify, I think we all would love to see previews in any way shape or form, for all file formats, but if we had to choose just one way to focus on fixing first, I think everyone would agree opening a dropbox folder in finder then selecting View > as icons would be the main preference.
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