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Oliv from Paris
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Show all files online-only, but not use up the 300,000 limit in the desktop app

Allow you to view locally (on your computer) the full tree view of files stored in the cloud, and therefore not limit the number of files that can be synchronized locally on a computer (currently at ...
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Rich's avatar
Rich
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2 years ago
Oliv from Paris wrote:

Is it 300,000 maximum per license? or per computer, regardless of the number of licenses?

300,000 is not a hard limit. It's just that you COULD (and likely will) experience performance issues while syncing more than 300,000 files. Ultimately it's depends on the hardware specifications and operating system of your computer. The better the computer, the better it will be able to handle large amounts of files.

 

Oliv from Paris's avatar
Oliv from Paris
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Okay, thanks for the clarification.

I currently have an iMac Retina 5k, 27 inches, 2015. 4GHz Intel Core i7 4-core processor and 32 GB of Ram. I'm thinking of changing and getting a very recent Mac.

Do you think this will be decisive and greatly increase this limitation? Because I only put on our DropBox maybe 1/4 of the files we need...

A precise indication of the number of files manageable according to the type of computer would be appreciated!

Thanks! Olivier.

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