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Mawthra
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
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macOS File Provider version – How to "revert" a folder to not be offline

I've set folders to "Make available offline" but I see no way to "revert" those folders to the default state of the files being downloaded, but can be removed if space is low. The only thing I found that worked was to set the folders to online-only, then re-download the files. There has to be a better way to do this because these were LARGE folders and it took a while to re-download everything.

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi Mawthra , thanks for messaging today.

     

    Currently, the only options are to mark files as available offline, or online-only. 

     

    It isn't possible to directly make them 'Available', which is the option you're referring to according to this page. 

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Hi Mawthra , thanks for messaging today.

     

    Currently, the only options are to mark files as available offline, or online-only. 

     

    It isn't possible to directly make them 'Available', which is the option you're referring to according to this page. 

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

  • Mawthra's avatar
    Mawthra
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Hopefully the keyword there is "currently", because the solution to reverting a file/folder back to "Available" is archaic and tedious.

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