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Hannah
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4 months ago

Re: Must I sync all my Dropbox folders locally before I can tell it to be "online only" ?

Hey KeithOP, thanks for the update here.

In this case, if you don't see an option during the app's setup, I'd suggest using our selective sync feature and choose not to sync any folders at first.

Once the app is set up, you can then go to the settings, ensure that the online-only by default setting is enabled and then re-select the folders through the selective sync settings, so that they can sync as online-only.

It might not be ideal, but it's a doable workaround, so I hope it helps.

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