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jwhitley
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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Set all folders to "make available offline" on macOS

In the new macOS FileProvider API version of Dropbox, is it possible to recursively set all folders to "make available offline"?  If so, does this setting persist for newly added sub-folders?  I've r...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Yes, marking a folder as available offline will make all subfolders available offline as well, in perpetuity.

church media's avatar
church media
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago

Thanks this worked  🙂

BUT

Is there a way for this to automatically be set - instead of doing it for each individual item?

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Hannah
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1 year ago

Hey church media, if you want all your Dropbox files to become available offline, you can follow the steps that Rich gave you, on the Dropbox folder itself.

 

I hope this helps!

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