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BobJ
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago
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Can you put the selective sync option in the icon drop-down menu for the desktop app?

It takes way too many clicks to access selective sync.

Please put it in the icon pop-up menu. 

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  • RyanFromDropbox's avatar
    RyanFromDropbox
    Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
    2 months ago

    Hey, BobJ -- Thanks for reaching out! I'm on the Product team at Dropbox, and I'd love to learn a bit more about your request for our team. 

    To start, I'd love to hear a bit more about how you're using Selective Sync. Can you give me a sense of your workflow and how frequently you're accessing it? 

    As far as your specific request: are you envisioning this in the right-click menu when you're browsing files in your Finder/Explorer? Or are you asking about adding this to the dropdown menu when you click your account/avatar in the top-right corner of the Desktop Tray (the surface that opens when you click the Dropbox icon in the menubar/taskbar)?

    Thanks so much!

    Cheers,

    Ryan

    • BobJ's avatar
      BobJ
      Explorer | Level 4
      31 days ago

      Hi Ryan,

      So I have multiple computers, both Mac & PC. Been using Dropbox for as long as I can remember.
      The thing is, a lot of Macs come with 512GB or less, and I use the selective sync a bunch since a lot of the files I use are large. For this, I use Selective Sync often. 

      The problem with using the Keep on Cloud only is that you still have to dig through folders, select all the files, etc. 
      Thanks!