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korisnik
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Files available in the cloud only
Hi,
The other day I noticed that all of my files were only in the cloud. I looked at the settings to see if something was changed, and as I expected, all sync settings were fine. I clicked on t...
- 3 years ago
Could you try right clicking the folders and choosing 'Make available offline', does this help keep them on your machine?
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoCould you try right clicking the folders and choosing 'Make available offline', does this help keep them on your machine?
Jimgar
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
That solution only locks down the files that were available at that time. If there is a new file, the user has to manually download that file. If files change constantly, a user has to manually download files repeatedly. I have the same issue. Dropbox made some type of change a few months ago. My dropbox was working fine. Now I have to download files from the cloud to access them every time I have a new file, which is often. They are not automatically downloaded like they were previously.
Any help?
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