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"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...
Found out that Google drive works for now without any issues. So another few days and testing and then Dropbox bye bye. I think that Dropbox just lacks the money to keep up with network traffic, and then try to force you , to have as much files local as possible. They will loose in the long run, where competition invest on glasfiber datastorage globally. It is time to move on to new datastorage. It is a once beautyfull flower that lacks water and dies.
Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi Eric Conijn, thanks for posting here!
Keep in mind, that the way you choose files to sync on one device, won't reflect on others. You can have different files as online-only, or available offline on each one of your devices.
Now, as for files downloading locally, even when you choose for them to be online-only, have you tried all the available troubleshooting steps mentioned into this thread? If you're still having an issue, can I send you an email, in order for us to have a closer look into this?
Let me know!
As is the case with a lot of companies, Facebook first, seems to me that Dropbox is just getting worse with every "update". I have the same issue that a lot of people here (constant Smart Sync redownloads), and in 2-3 days, I'll probably just leave and use another app. Too bad because Dropbox has always been reliable and user-friendly. But now it is not.
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