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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...
Obviously Dropbox have NO remedy for this, or this thread wouldn't still be the huge issue it is. I have a Dell XPS, so it's not a Mac problem. It happens when I just go on File Explorer to LOOK at file names to see which ones I might want to use or download. Every few seconds I get a Dropbox pop-up and ping, "Dropbox is downloading xxxx.mp4 file' (I have hundreds)... Including a 4GB file that I an storing on Dropbox and really don't want it or the others online.
I've been using Dropbox forever and it works - but if it's going to make my laptop unusable, I will have to change my online storage. Please FIX it!
same - have to go and every few days tick "online only" or my hard disk is full again. Don't understand how DB can't solve this issue!
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