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Viewing "Online only" file in Adobe Bridge
When I view "Online only" files in Adobe Bridge, thay automatically become "Local" files, even if I don't open them.
That's very annoying.
Is there a way to prevent that?
Thanks 🙂
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- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for your answer.
So, as I understand the situation, if I'm using Bridge in my workflow, I can't rely on Smart Sync to save HD space for me...
So I guess I don't need the Professional plan and can just subscribe to the Plus plan.
- Jay
I understand...
Thank you for your help :)
Bridge is functionally similar to a Finder window; you're saying here that merely viewing filenames or image thumbnails in a Bridge window causes a download? The same doesn't seem to be true of Finder...
- Rich
Super User II
spedwig wrote:
you're saying here that merely viewing filenames or image thumbnails in a Bridge window causes a download?
Depends on what Bridge is trying to do with the file. Obviously it's trying to access the files in a way that is causing it to download and be marked as Local again. Why? You'd have to ask Adobe that.
I think it's likely a combination of how Bridge is accessing the file info and how Dropbox SmartSync works... and since I'm no expert on either, I was hoping for more information from anyone who might be having similar issues or from someone who has knowledge about both of those things.
...particularly because the original answer to this question didn't seem to have a firm grasp of how one uses Bridge.
- Rich
It's pretty simple... anything that needs to access a file, whether it's you opening it, a backup process, virus scan, etc., will cause Dropbox to download the file and mark it as Local.
Except for looking at file thumbnails in Finder... which is all I'm trying to do in Bridge, which then downloads the whole file.
I'm sure I (and the OP) aren't the only 2 users in the world who also use Bridge as part of our workflow, for whom it seems crazy that there's not a way to prevent this.
