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clientreleases
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4 years ago

Beta Build 148.3.4469

Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes.   Features in this update:  We're transitioning to using GUIDs to manage the taskbar icon...
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Dan B.51
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Adam,

Thanks for posting that. Same thing over here. There's more I want to add that I think can be constructive and/or helpful as well, and if the "but what's the **bleep**ing point" part of that thought goes away, maybe I even will. If not, I'm glad there's something clear and well-structured for me to co-sign.

 

 

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Dan B.51
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Let it be known now and for the rest of time that I didnt actually type "bleeping", I used a grownup word that they changed. Which is fine.

 

Full disclosure I have, however, been thinking of Michael Cera saying "samesies" in Superbad ever since I wrote  "co-sign."

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    jekratz
    Collaborator | Level 9
    4 years ago

    Several things. First off, selective sync has never meant create offline copies of the files. It just means which folders you want synced. If you (in the older version of the client) started everything online-only you'd get selective synced online-only copies. 

     

    Secondly, pretty sure the cloud icon is controlled by the operating system, not Dropbox. It is part of the File Provider API. If you have iCloud Drive enabled you will see exactly the same icon and you can right-click on a file with that icon in iCloud Drive and do "download now".

     

    Lastly, as part of that API files will generally start in online-only status until you either open them up or mark them as being available offline. Thats part of how FileProvider works. The bigger problem here, as noted in a post in this thread, is that Dropbox is providing absolutely no guidance on how this is supposed to work, which is ridiculous. I can't believe the company is operating this way. You'd think its two guys in their basement doing this stuff.

     

    Fortunately for me I have not experienced some of the issues others are. Sounds even worse than what I'm seeing, by a lot.

     

     

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