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cfarley137
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago
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Dropbox desktop on Mac corrupts files -- downloading from web is fine

I've got a Mac with a small SSD -- smaller than my Dropbox account. So I use "Selective Sync" to keep most of my large photo library in the cloud. When I need some files, I enable "Selective Sync" an...
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  • akariv's avatar
    akariv
    7 years ago

    In case anyone is interested in the solution for this problem -

     

    Files were erroneously marked as 'online only', a smart-sync feature (even though smart-sync wasn't even enabled).

    I had to enable it and mark the files as 'local' (via the context menu), which solved the problem.

     

    hth

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akariv
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

In case anyone is interested in the solution for this problem -

 

Files were erroneously marked as 'online only', a smart-sync feature (even though smart-sync wasn't even enabled).

I had to enable it and mark the files as 'local' (via the context menu), which solved the problem.

 

hth

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clawback
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

I had the same problem and akariv's solution worked for me.  It is possible to set a whole folder to local so it is quick to fix.

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