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thenaesgould's avatar
thenaesgould
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Downloading files that are Available Offline on my Mac

I've been moving a few things around on my MacBook, and temporarily got rid of a large folder with many files that I keep offline. Now trying to re-download it to make it local again, I change the folders to Make Available Offline, they get the green tick, but the cloud icon remains and they don't download. How can I actually download them locally again?

 

I have reinstalled Dropbox as part of what I was doing, but I have given it permission again for Full Disc Access and Accessibility, is there something else I'm missing?

 

When I've done this previously, the bottom of Dropbox says "Downloaidn 20,000 files" or whatever ... now it just says "Your files are up to date" and does nothing 😞

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Sorry to see you're having trouble with this, thenaesgould.

     

    If you select the files in the folders and then right-click and choose the "make available offline" option, does that help?

     

    Keep me posted.

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