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orimanor
Explorer | Level 4
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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Jay
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4 years ago

As mentioned previously, Finder most likely contains some form of cache of the file thumbnail, which might take a little time to preview.

 

Regardless, as Adobe Bridge is a third party application, if it requests any information on a file, then the Dropbox desktop application would detect this as a request for the file and would download it to your machine.

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m6Yz
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

This needs to be revisited and looked into seriously since Dropbox and Adobe Bridge are both used in a daily workflow hand in hand.  In no way is it practical for a user to download every image JUST TO SEE A THUMBNAIL PREVIEW.

 

Dropbox must find out why thumbnails can be previewed in the mac Finder window, but NOT when viewed in Adobe Bridge.  Instead, they show up as generic image placeholders.  Who must we reach out to to get a proper response and a bug report submitted? 

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    sherridge
    Helpful | Level 5
    4 years ago

    Yep, totally agree.

     

    If osx can see/grab the thumbnails then we must find a way for Dropbox to see the thumbnails too.

     

    I may have to leave Dropbox after years of use if the thumbnails can't be viewed in Bridge.

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