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Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoRe: Cloud icon with arrow on some folders/files on my Mac. How can I download my content locally?
Hey jvelasco, thanks for the nudge on this and all the information you've shared with us.
With the Dropbox for macOS update, setting how newly added files are stored in your Dropbox account is no longer configured using Preferences.
Instead, this can be reconfigured directly in Finder. Here’s how:
1. Open Finder.
2. Select the folders the default setting should be applied to or select the entire Dropbox folder in ~/Library/CloudStorage.
3. Right-click Make available offline.
This will make the current files and folders contained within your Dropbox folder Available offline, as well as any files and folders you add in the future.
To make newly added files online-only instead, follow the steps above but select Make online-only instead.
I hope this helps!
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