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Not all files are available offline on MacBook
I have a question about Dropbox synchronization on the MacBook.
If I recall correctly, a few months ago, I read that there have been significant changes to Dropbox, and as a result, files are n...
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey dvdm, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
If you'd like to make your entire Dropbox folder available offline, you can navigate to the Dropbox folder in ~/Library/CloudStorage, right-click, and choose Make available offline.
From there, you should let the desktop app sync your changes until it's 'up to date' in your menu bar.
Let us know if you need anything else.
That seems to only be an all or nothing approach: in my case, I've set up a new iMac and selected a number of folders to always be available offline. They each have a green tick on the folders but also the little cloud download icon and the actual files themselves are not downloaded.
- Jay
HI CaptainBlue, if the folders have two icons, this means that the folder contains at least one online-only file, but any newly added files will become available offline by default.
If this isn't the case, could you try marking it as available online-only, and once it has the cloud icon alone, mark it as available offline.
