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Why doesn't online-only work normally on my account?
This has been an ongoing issue. The DB tech support rep I talked to was utterly useless and keep telling me to use selective sync instead, which not only doesn't solve my problem (I WANT the file to ...
Rich
Super User II
Super User IISo Dropbox must think, "File F is available offline on computer A. Therefore, it should be offline on computer B as well."
No. More like "File F is syncing to a folder on computer B that's available offline, therefore the file within that folder should be available offline as well."
Set the folder to be Online-only on computer B and then add a file to that same folder on computer A and see if you get the same results.
Same difference. The point is that 1) File F is new on computer B, 2) File F is still syncing despite "online only" being checked. Therefore, the setting is meaningless outside of files added directly to dropbox.com through the browser or mobile, apparently.
I can't run that test because Dropbox doesn't display RMB context menus on my computer B. Tried to fix it countless times and nothing has worked. Super frustrating.
But, yeah, I understand that if those menus were actually available, I'd be able to set it to Online only to prevent syncing.
