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dotingaunt
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5 months ago
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How to make files "always available offline"?

Almost all my files are showing as "available offline" rather than "always available offline".  How do I change this?   When I right-click, the only options I get are make online only/ view on Dropb...
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    Hannah
    5 months ago

    Thanks for the update, dotingaunt.

    Hmm, what if you make a folder "online-only" first and then switch it to "available offline"? What happens then?

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Hannah
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5 months ago

Hi there, dotingaunt, thanks for joining our Community!

The right-click options in your screenshot are the ones you see when right-clicking on individual folders within your Dropbox folder, right?

Do you want to make all your Dropbox files "always available offline"? If so, right-click on the Dropbox folder itself and see if that gives you the desired option.

Otherwise, can you open the folders and select all the files inside, right-click and see if that allows you to make them always available offline?

Let me know how it goes!

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