Dropbox Finder Folder not syncing

[wadeg]

Someone shared a word document with me and its showing up on dropbox.com and its showing up in the dropbox app on my mac (which i don't use). I use the Dropbox folder directly in Finder. The document is not there. Does the Dropbox Finder folder not sync in the same way? Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance.

[wadeg]

Yes it's there. So how does someone share a file with me that we can both work on and that I can keep synced in my Finder?

[Jay · Accepted solution]

Hi @wadeg, in order for the file to appear in Finder, you'll need to create a shared folder, invite the other user, and have the file located there.

It will sync to both machines, and you can edit it via your machine, so any changes will sync to the site, and then their device.

[wadeg]

Thanks Jay! This is what I asked way back at the beginning of this thread, but no one confirmed that it needed to be in a shared folder. Okay, I will do this now and make a note of this functionality for the future.

[Jay]

No probs, @wadeg! If you need any more details, feel free to message back!

Enjoy the remainder of your week!