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Tom_M
11 years agoHelpful | Level 6
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Add .dropboxignore directory to exclude folders without using selective sync
Please please please can you add a feature that allows folders to be excluded from the Dropbox account (on windows and mac). For sure I'm not the first person to request this, but I'm yet to find a g...
Jake s.8
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
There should be a way to regex match certain files and just ignore them in update. I though it is a great idea to sync my main work folder, but now various massive files that are trivial to regenerate gets synched and dropbox is constantly updating and chumming moving hundreds of megabytes around. There are hacks around that, but I'm just not very excited. It is a very basic functionality to have!
Jake s.8
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Come on guys, stop thinking small. Why shouldn't I be able to sync my entire home directory and be done with backups forever and have access to any one small pdf hidden somewhere in the attick on my disk from my phone without having to a a conscious effort to think what I might need? You can make this work on linux with a single soft link but then it also wants to sync huge temporary data files. I want file opt-out, not opt-in.
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