Why can I no longer access Online Only files without first having to manually switch them to local?

[Scortch]

My Online Only files on my Mac used to be automatically activated when double-clicked or accessed through an app (either as an "Open File" or placed in something like Indesign or even just uploaded to a Facebook post, Beginning about last week, they now require me to actively go to the Finder window, right-click to change them to "Local" and then make use of them. this has crippled my workflow, making Dropbox almost useless as anything other than bulk storage.

Is there a new setting or something I am missing? This corresponds with them now showing as "Zero bytes" in my finder.

[Hannah]

Hey @Scortch, thanks for letting us know about this.

Has anything changed on your computer recently? Or perhaps a change in your internet speed?

Can you also quit the Dropbox app from the Dropbox icon in your menu bar and then relaunch it, to see if there's a difference?

Keep me posted.

[Anne-Marie a.]

I am having the same problem! A couple weeks ago I got an alert from Dropbox that you were aware of the issue (it might be Mac only) and were working on a fix. Now I can't find any info on that. Please help!