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DerekKelly's avatar
DerekKelly
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Finder and Dropbox desktop app not showing file preview

Hey guys, I just recently switched from Google Drive to Dropbox for Business. Finder on Mac OS 10.14 Mojave and the new dropbox desktop app won’t show file previews of my files, just the Apple def...
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Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
6 years ago

Hi DerekKelly,

Why you use early release? Try turn off "Early Releases" from here and install stable one locally. :wink:

Hope this helps.

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DerekKelly
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
Okay I turned off early release. How do I downgrade from 80 to 79 or whatever the most stable version is?
  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    6 years ago
    Take a look on first Lusil's post above 😉
    • DerekKelly's avatar
      DerekKelly
      Helpful | Level 6
      6 years ago

      I downgraded to 79.4.143 and still not seeing preview of files on Mac OS

      • Здравко's avatar
        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        6 years ago
        Do you use "Smart Sync"? And if so, is there some relationship to the online status set?

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