Viewing "Online only" file in Adobe Bridge

Just wondering if there has been any progress on viewing the files thumbnails in Bridge.

Cheers

I believe that the solution to this issue is in the hands of Dropbox and Adobe together. As a service for their users that want to use both applications (and I think there are quite a few of us) they should work this one out.

Asking both places in hopes of an intersection of knowledge.
Nobody here will know how Bridge is seeking thumbnail/file information.
Nobody there will know how SmartSync is serving thumbnail/file info to Finder.

It would seem that both halves of that information would be necessary for a full understanding. I was asking this "community" in hopes that someone had already been through this and might have fuller information and a possible fix.

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spedwig wrote:

Except for looking at file thumbnails in Finder... which is all I'm trying to do in Bridge, which then downloads the whole file.

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And as I stated earlier, why it does that is a question for Adobe. Dropbox simply downloads the file because Bridge is requesting it. It has no control over the functions within Bridge or what it does with the files. If Bridge needs a file, Dropbox downloads it.

Ask Adobe.

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.

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.

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

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 wrote:

you're saying here that merely viewing filenames or image thumbnails in a Bridge window causes a download?

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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.

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...