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Do I need to manually make a file online-only again, after making it offline to edit it?
Just to confirm –
On windows Dropbox uses symlink to make a reference to a file when “smart sync” is in effect — so on the first access to that file, the DB (windows) client will fetch the file from dropbox.com. Once the file is downloaded to the client, I can then process the file.
After I finish processing the file, is it by design that it remains on the client, so if I want to free up the space, what would I have to do to free up the space that the file is using?
Now other cloud storage systems like Gmail/GDrive and pcloud use a virtual drive so that unless I set cache or local folder that file is just in the cloud.
4 Replies
- Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Frank P E., welcome back.
What you mention sounds correct indeed; if you make a file available offline, edit it and then, you want to make it online-only again, you’ll need to change its status manually (with the steps that are mentioned here).
I’ll be here, if you need something else.
thanks for confirming that --- so there is no "automatic" way have the file resided only in the cloud?
so if there is no automatic way to do this the pcloud/gdrive model is a better schema
- Megan
Hey Frank P E..
Correct, you'd have to manually proceed on your end.
If you need something else, please let me know and I will be more than happy to help every step of the way.
