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compost
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10 months ago

All local files have gone online-only after updating my Mac; I can't make them offline again.

Hey,  I recently updated my Mac to Sequoia 15.3.1 (lates available to me), and now I notice that all the files in my dropbox drive are online only. Most used to be locally available.  When I cl...
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compost
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

Hi Jay, 
I don't think so. I recently started using Brave as my default browser, but can't imagine that would change anything? 
I haven't consciously installed any of those things. Could they have been part of the latest OS update?
Also, Dropbox seems to be working. When I add new files they automatically sync. The only thing that seems a-miss at the moment is that the bottom left message is still (after several hours) "Reconnecting to the internet... this may take a while" and right-click "make available offline" doesn't seem to do anything. Clicking on the cloud icon does download the files though.

Also, I still don't know why my local files went online-only, but perhaps we'll never know now. The files and folders i have made available offline have remained that way so far. 

Thanks

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Jay
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10 months ago

Thanks for the info, while it does seem to be mostly a cosmetic issue, since files are still syncing and that clicking the cloud icon downloads the files, I'd recommend contacting the support team directly for them to investigate further.

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