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Steve A.13
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3 years ago
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What happens to an online-only file after I access it?

I have several large files set as online-only. As I understand it, that means that although the files appear to be on my hard drive, they are only stored on Dropbox, and if I attempt to open one of t...
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    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey Steve A.13, just wanted to jump in here and confirm that once you've finished working on a file that's available offline, if you want it to go back to online-only, you need to right-click on it and choose to do it manually.

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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi Steve A.13, are you running a Windows or a Mac device? If the latter, is the Dropbox folder located in the CloudStorage folder?

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Steve A.13
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3 years ago

Windows.

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Hey Steve A.13, just wanted to jump in here and confirm that once you've finished working on a file that's available offline, if you want it to go back to online-only, you need to right-click on it and choose to do it manually.

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      Steve A.13
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      3 years ago

      Copy. Thanks, Hannah. That answers my question.

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      Babelle2023
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      3 years ago

      Hannah does this mean, if one is to forget to click online again the changes are not saved online? and my VA would not see the changes in Dropbox?

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        Steve A.13
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        3 years ago

        As I understand it, your changes will still get saved to Dropbox, however the file no longer be online-only (i.e., it will exist on both the Dropbox server and on your local drive).

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