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adamschoales
Helpful | Level 5
6 years ago

"Smart" sync keeps downloading online-only files

I am growing increasingly frustrated with this so called "smart sync" feature Dropbox has recently introduced (or rather forced upon me). I have a number of files I've brought over to Dropbox using...
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Chris C
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

I do not have clean my mac installed on my computer.

 

I’ll have to keep an eye on this, but I believe a download was triggered recently by opening a file in OneDrive also. I’ll have to see if I can recreate it. I wouldn’t expect another application to trigger a dropbox download.

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sirdaryl
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Interesting - my investigations, before I gave up, were pointing towards the 'recent file' lists. 

Have you tried clearing the lists for the apps causing issue - eg. Quicktime? 

 

Apologies if I've joined behind the curve here..! 

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