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Paul D.4
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2 years ago

Dropbox icon with checkbox white interior remains a mystery.

Megan from the DropBox staff offered some help to an earlier post entitled "Dropbox icon  and folder status on a Mac” but despite my replies, the discussion went dead seven days ago. I still have out...
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Rich
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2 years ago
Paul D.4 wrote:

As I read how the checkmark icons reflect the status of folders I can't really understand the difference between the two.

In regards to files:

  • Solid green, white check: The file is available offline. It's stored locally on your drive and will remain that way until you change it.
  • Solid grey, white cloud: The file is online-only. It exists in the cloud but not on your local drive. It will remain this way until you change or until the file is accessed.
  • Green outline, green check: The file was previously online-only but has been accessed, which causes the file to be synced back to your local drive. It will remain this way until you change it or until Dropbox determines its no longer needed, at which point it will change back to online-only.

 

In regards to folders:

  • Solid green, white check: The folder and all files within it are available offline. The folder and its content are stored locally on your drive.
  • Solid grey, white cloud: At least one file within the folder is marked as online-only. Other files in the folder, if any are present, could be available offline or available.
  • Green outline, green check: At least one file within the folder is marked as available (green outline, green check) but there are no online-only files in the folder.

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