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ronbannon
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

textClipping file is EMPTY

I am running Dropbox v181.5515 on OS X 13.5 and a .textClipping file shows zero bytes. Yes, I read that there's an issue, but when I click on this particular file in the Finder, it shows "Clipping co...
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ronbannon
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

It is a cloud-based file; I need to download it to see its content. That's why I believe it's a Dropbox issue.

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Mark
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3 years ago

Have you set it to download locally? 

 

If you are on a Mac it isn't now possible to force all files to stay locally so you probably need to move that file out of Dropbox or speak to the textClipping developers to see how they are going to update it to work across Dropbox and multiple devices now. 

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