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suibom
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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Can't understand the meaning of the Dropbox icon in the finder and it doesn't sync.

My system info HW: Apple M1 Pro OS: Ventura 13.5 (22G74) Dropbox ver: v180.3.4837 & joined beta   Dropbox beta has an incomprehensible behavior when using the file provider feature on macOS...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    The previous article described the icons you would see in Finder.

     

    • The green sync icon means the file is available offline
    • No icon means it's 'available'. This means you doubleclicked it to open, and it's stored on your computer. However, if you're low on hard drive space, the Mac OS will delete the local copy to free up space
    • Cloud icon with a down arrow means it's online-only.
    • This would only apply to entire folders. Individual files won't have two icons at the same time.
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Jay
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3 years ago

The previous article described the icons you would see in Finder.

 

  • The green sync icon means the file is available offline
  • No icon means it's 'available'. This means you doubleclicked it to open, and it's stored on your computer. However, if you're low on hard drive space, the Mac OS will delete the local copy to free up space
  • Cloud icon with a down arrow means it's online-only.
  • This would only apply to entire folders. Individual files won't have two icons at the same time.
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mpts2000
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Agree with OP here - this is very confusing and not in the spirit of "it just works" anymore. Is there a way to opt out of the Dropbox version that is using the File Provider API? The article here is only mentioning how to opt in - but how would I switch back to the original Dropbox? 

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