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jpugarte1_
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

Cannot see "Make available offline" option on Windows 11

Device Lenovo Legion with Windows 11 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) N/A Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 231.4.5770 Syncing Status Downloading Question or Issue When I ri...
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jpugarte1_'s avatar
jpugarte1_
Explorer | Level 3
3 months ago

Hey Megan​ thank you for your reply. Files continue to update but I have limited internet access right now, so there are still lots of files that need to be downloaded. In any case, my problem is that my files are more than 1.7 TB and my hard drive is only 500 GB. So I don't fully understand how or when I will have synced enough files for the "make available offline" and "make online'only" options to be available, so I can only sync what I need and not my whole library (which doesn't even fit on my hard drive). 

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    Hannah
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    3 months ago

    Hey jpugarte1_, I hope it's okay for me to jump in here as well.

    I wanted to let you know that I completely understand where you're coming from.

    Do you currently have any files in your Dropbox folder that have fully synced? Ones that have the green check mark on them?

    And do you see an option to make those "online-only" when you right-click on them?

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