selective sync on ipad?

Hi Barry and Timothy!

I just want to clarify a couple of details about the Selective Sync feature.

The Selective sync feature has been developed only for computers, because Dropbox files are stored locally on computers. It allows you to keep your files on Dropbox without having to save them locally on your device.

There was no reason to develop selective sync on a tablet or a smartphone, because the files are not stored locally on these devices by default. If you didn't want to have your file stored locally on the mobile app, you could just need to un-favorite the file.

In a nutshell, it works the other way round on computer and on mobile devices.

Now, Barry, I totally understand your frustration considering the way you need to use of Dropbox, even though it's a use case that is different from a Selective sync issue, but more a way of better organising favorites and to download / unfavorite them locally in bulk.

As a consequence, I've passed your request along to our mobile team to be able to organise the favorites by folder to access them online, that you could bulk download when you need them, as well as better data management.

Your detailed description of how you use Dropbox is extremely helpful, so a big thank you :)

Timothy, your feature request is also slightly different, as Selective sync is only for a specific device and doesn't allow you to change the files stored locally remotely. You have to change the selective settings on the device you want them to be applicable, and not from another device.

I guess you would also like to be able to organise offline favorites by folder, but you also want to be able to change the favorite settings remotely, and by folder (instead of 'by file'). I also forwarded this feature request to our iOS team.

Thank you both for your feedbacks, this is super useful forus to know how our users are using our products, and how we can improve them!