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Tim T.13
Collaborator | Level 9
4 years ago
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Request: All files available offline by default

Moving the Mac to the new File Provider is great - very happy this is finally happening and support on the new M1 is much better. Kudos!   Feature request: Really miss the feature to have Dropbox...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi everyone, and thanks for your patience.

     

    We're re-launching the option to choose the default status of synced files in the Dropbox desktop application (in the Preferences > Sync tab) for users of the newer File Provider version. 

     

    It should be available to you shortly. If you haven't received it yet, make sure to update your desktop app, and let us know if you have any questions!

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yoyoyoyoyo27
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I'm having the same issues.  Now all of my files are online-only by default.  Selective Sync used to be all we need to manage what was local or not.  Now I'm looking for a dropbox alternative, but this completely broke the system.  Random files in all my folders now go offline, for no reason it seems. How awful.  Fix this **bleep**. 

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berninidesig
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

same problem here! I am considering sync.com but not sure it would solve the problem... 

  • gc_'s avatar
    gc_
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    it's hard to believe, it seems they want us to give up and allow them to move our files online as they wish

    • jdag's avatar
      jdag
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago

      Odd that you are having the recurring problem.  I am on the latest version of MacOS, and I did have to "make available offline" 1 other time after some OS or Dropbox upgrade along the way, it has otherwise "stuck" for me and worked perfectly as Dropbox had worked for years.

      • LivePaola's avatar
        LivePaola
        Helpful | Level 6
        3 years ago

        Hello, after thinking I'd fixed it I am having the same issue again. 

        My Mac was updated with the latest Monterey version (it is a 2016 machine so it won't go further than Monterey), I had to look for Dropbox and select "Make available offline" again, and a few seconds later the error message storm started again. 
        Really disappointed...

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