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rudyleon
New member | Level 2
4 years ago
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How do I access Selective Sync files?

This should be a stupid question, but the support content is so unbelievably bad that it's simply a necessary question. I have been a dropbox user since before the goddess hit puberty, but I am tryin...
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Rick_M
Experienced | Level 13
4 years ago

Do I use 'smart' or 'selective' sync if I want to put files that are not on my hard drive onto a CD?

 

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    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 years ago
    Rick_M wrote:

    Do I use 'smart' or 'selective' sync if I want to put files that are not on my hard drive onto a CD?

    Hi Rick_M 

    Are you wanting to download files from Dropbox to burn to a CD? If so you need to do the opposite of that and make the files appear locally (i.e not online only) and then burn to the CD. 

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      Rick_M
      Experienced | Level 13
      4 years ago

      Cannot find a setting to undo a selective-sync and restore a sub-folder of several folders..

       

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        Walter
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        4 years ago

        Hey Rick_M, sorry to jump in here, but I was just wondering, are you having troubles locating the sub-folder through the app's preferences?

         

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