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ns01
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Slow offline sync causing issues with macOS Folder Actions

Under the new Dropbox app architecture for macOS, we're experiencing a few issues.   The most notable at the moment is the ability for macOS Folder Actions to complete as expected. This seems to be...
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ns01's avatar
ns01
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Any thoughts, Walter? Seems like what I'm really after is a solution that forces files to actually download when they're added.

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Jay
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4 years ago

Hi ns01, it's possible that this could be related to the recent changes to the Mac OS Dropbox desktop application.

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