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Craig M.18
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Search of Offline files does not work with MacOS Ventura 13

Documents that are offline only are not part of the search on the Mac.  This is especially relevant if I am looking for a phrase.  Example: "How we add value" does not show up on Spotlight search...
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Jay
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4 years ago

Hi Sailnby, since your recent post, has the deletion been detected by the Dropbox desktop application and the folder removed from the computer?

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Sailnby
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Sorry.  I waited about an hour and then deleted it myself directly.  In the past this delete by sync was a few seconds.

 

Shall I do it again and leave it longer?

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    Jay
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    4 years ago

    No, the sync should be more or less instant when the app detects a change. 

     

    How many files do you have on your Dropbox account approximately? Do you have any proxy, VPN, firewall, security software, or even ISP/router settings that could be restricting traffic to the following Dropbox domains?

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      Sailnby
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 years ago

      I've got 10's of thousands of files, about 140GB.  Regarding the other files not that I am aware of.  I run a pretty simple system.  This problem began after the DB was moved from "Favorites" to the "Locations".  It searches do not go through "Locations" .

       

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