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kevanc
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
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Don't see 'sync now' option to prioritise which files sync first

I have a personal dropxox account and am on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.4. I am syncing a large number of files and want to prioritise some larger files first. According to this article https://help.dropbox....
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    6 years ago

    Hi -X-ARCH & UnkleRukus!

    Sorry to not have provided this information before but if you have a Dropbox Plus, Professional, or Business account, you can prioritize a file to sync ahead of others syncing with the Dropbox app on your computer. 

    Note: You can’t prioritize folders or package files at this time. 

    In case you'd like to log a feature request for a similar functionality for folders, the 'Share an Idea' section of our Community is the right place. Here's a direct link:

    https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Share-an-idea/ct-p/101002000

    I hope this clears things up a tad and I'm always around if you have any more questions!

UnkleRukus's avatar
UnkleRukus
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Hey Dropbox, Is this option only available for single files? I have something like 500,000 files to sync in hundreds of folders, I couldn't possibly select all the most important ones individually! It would be really nice if I could choose a whole folder for priority sync!

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    6 years ago

    Hi -X-ARCH & UnkleRukus!

    Sorry to not have provided this information before but if you have a Dropbox Plus, Professional, or Business account, you can prioritize a file to sync ahead of others syncing with the Dropbox app on your computer. 

    Note: You can’t prioritize folders or package files at this time. 

    In case you'd like to log a feature request for a similar functionality for folders, the 'Share an Idea' section of our Community is the right place. Here's a direct link:

    https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Share-an-idea/ct-p/101002000

    I hope this clears things up a tad and I'm always around if you have any more questions!

    • wensleydale's avatar
      wensleydale
      Helpful | Level 6
      6 years ago

      So if I want to prioritize all 60 files in a folder, I have to do Sync Now for each of them individually rather than once for the folder? Good grief.

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