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Taylor B.7
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
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Smart sync just started downloading everything to local

I have a folder with 8,000 large files. While I was working (but nowhere near the folder nor the files contained therein) I suddenly started getting notifications of "Smart Sync Download" and that al...
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    Norah
    8 years ago

     

    Hey Taylor B, thanks for taking the time to write back in!
     
    In cases where you see files downloaded from Dropbox to your computer that were previously online-only,  and you didn’t open or change the files, this could be caused by another application. Some applications need to look at your files to work, and that makes Dropbox download the files.
     
     
    Let me know if this helps or if you have any further questions!
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Norah
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8 years ago
 
Hi Taylor B.7, thanks for getting back to us!
 
As the issue has been resolved, the reasons on why you were experiencing this issue could be many, however, keep us updated if anything further comes up. 
 
Have a great week ahead!:slight_smile:
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Taylor B.7
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

You say "the reasons on why you were experiencing this issue could be many" - just curious as to what some of those reasons might be?

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