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Peter D.62's avatar
Peter D.62
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I want my files stored locally

Dropbox refuse to store my files locally. There are many instructions on how to fix this in the forum, but they all refer to non-existent menu options. Clearly dropbox either has many versions of its...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Peter D.62, thanks for taking the time to post here today.

 

Can you let us know what kind of issue you're having switching your files to "available offline"?

 

If you want all of them to be available offline, have you tried right-clicking the Dropbox folder itself and choosing "make available offline"?

 

Or do you not see that option?

 

If not, please send us a screenshot of the options you see, so we can investigate.

 

Thanks!

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