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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 years ago

Images previews are too small on Mac

Hi everyone, is there a way to increase the preview size of "online only" files? I'm asking because sometimes the thumbnail doesn't allow me to understand what the file is without downloading it. Tha...
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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey cloudres, thanks for posting to our Community.

 

Since the Dropbox folder is just another folder on your computer (just with syncing abilities), this is a setting you should be able to change through your OS.

 

You can see how to do this on a Mac computer here.

 

I hope this helps, but let me know if you need anything else.

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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 years ago

Sorry Hannah, I misspoke. I would like to enlarge this type of preview. The one I can view by pressing CMD + Y.

 

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