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sb361
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25 days ago

idlk files from Adobe InDesign are blocking the syncing of the desktop app.

When you edit Adobe InDesign files (.indd) in a Dropbox folder, InDesign automatically creates a temporary lock file with the extension .idlk. This lock file signals to other users that the file is c...
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Rich
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25 days ago
sb361 wrote:

Currently, Dropbox offers no practical solution for this problem. The only official method is manually setting Extended File Attributes via command line – for each individual file.

You can create a rule that tells Dropbox to ignore the files. See the following help article for details.

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    sb361
    New member | Level 2
    25 days ago

    apparently this is not working for team plans. 
    i created a test rules file but its not working, maybe because we are on a team plan. 

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      Rich
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      25 days ago
      sb361 wrote:

      apparently this is not working for team plans.

      I do believe this feature is only available on individual plans at the moment, and not Team accounts. It just came out of closed beta within the last month.

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