How can I set all my files and folders to Always Available Offline?

Hey florismk, thanks for posting to our Community today.

I don't think there's a different way to go about this, at the moment, but before you try this for all your files, can you try it on a few test files, to make sure it does work for you?

Let me know what you find.

Hi Hannah​ , thanks for your response. I've tried it with two small folders, like I said. And like I said, it triggers a full re-index. Small potatoes for two small folders, but another 2-3 days of re-indexing for my entire Dropbox content.

I've just tried it with a 300MB folder with subfolders. Making it Online Only triggered a 2-minute resync. Then making it Available Offline caused another 3-minute resync, albeit with the desired result. This for something that should be little more than setting a flag for each file and folder. Instead, Dropbox goes through a index/upload/download cycle with the entire content of the folder.

And I'm not sure how wise it would be to apply this to my root Dropbox folder?

So what I thinkl Dropbox urgently needs is a permanent context menu item for Always Available Offline, which should do very little work on files and folders that are already available offline.

Thanks for the update, florismk!

Sorry I missed that you had already done a test on this. 

I do understand where you're coming from, though, and I did pass your feedback and comments along to our team about this.

We really appreciate you voicing your opinion on stuff like this and if you need anything else or if you have any other issues, please let us know.

Is there a way to do feature suggestions?