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orimanor
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8 years ago
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Viewing "Online only" file in Adobe Bridge

[ Spoiler ] 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's avatar
    Jay
    8 years ago
    Hi there, if a file is viewed in Adobe Bridge, then the file needs to be downloaded to the machine to view it.
     
    There wouldn’t be a way to prevent this, since it would stop the file from being viewed.
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spedwig
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

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...

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Rich
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7 years ago
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.

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    spedwig
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    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.


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      spedwig
      New member | Level 2
      7 years ago

      ...particularly because the original answer to this question didn't seem to have a firm grasp of how one uses Bridge.

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
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        7 years ago

        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.

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