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Frank P E.'s avatar
Frank P E.
Collaborator | Level 9
3 months ago

If I make a folder "available offline" does that apply to all the subfolders?

What version of  the desktop app is this in? 

When uising the file explorer  on the right-click context menu, I select   "make available offline" on a folder/directory. does that  request change all the files and  is  change all the files and recurse in all the subfolders too? 

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    3 months ago
    Frank P E. wrote:

    ... I select "make available offline" on a folder/directory. does that request change all the files and is change all the files and recurse in all the subfolders too?

    If you select Make available offline or Make online-only on a folder, than all of the content in that folder will be marked as such as well.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    3 months ago
    Frank P E. wrote:

    will the process recures into sub-folders? 

    Yes. Everything in the folder selected (files and sub folders) will be marked as such. 

    One thing to note, however, is that if you mark online only but then use the file on your device it doesnt auto go back to online only (its downloaded to open it). So you may need to do it frequently. 

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