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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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dries1
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

I find it unacceptable that an anti-virus is causing the issues with dropbox. 

My Google Drive, icloud and OneDrive does not have any issues working with my anti-virus.

Secondly, I can not and will not turn off an anti-virus because dropbox can't solve this issue.

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SleeplessDev
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Agreed. I've been having this problem as well.
"Turn off your antivirus" is no solution at all for the security minded.

Is there a way to disable this "Selective Sync" feature, or an attribute I can set via CLI to prevent Dropbox from messing with certain folders unless I explicitly make them available offline, or open the file?

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