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ryanrud
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5 years ago
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Notification when copying files to my external drive

Dear Community, I'm in a group and share a few files with my team but I'm not the admin. I would like to copy some files from Dropbox desktop to my exernal drive. Do the admin get notified when I...
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    Mark
    5 years ago

    If you just copy and paste them then no they wont be informed. 

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Ash9352
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3 years ago
@ Jay
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Nancy
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3 years ago

Hey Ash9352, and sorry for jumping in. 

 

Has your team admin implemented any team settings regarding syncing (to have the folders of the team members synced as online-only)?

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    Ash9352
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago
    Hey Nancy
    Not sure, by default when ai install the Dropbox app on my windows, all files are online only, But I have this option to make them offline ( syncing)
    I just eant to make sure this change , woul be notified by admin or not?
    Change from online only to offline by myself

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