Viewing "Online only" file in Adobe Bridge

[orimanor]

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When I view "Online only" files in Adobe Bridge, thay automatically become "Local" files, even if I don't open them.

That's very annoying.

Is there a way to prevent that?

Thanks 🙂

[Jay · Accepted solution]

Hi there, if a file is viewed in Adobe Bridge, then the file needs to be downloaded to the machine to view it.

There wouldn’t be a way to prevent this, since it would stop the file from being viewed.

[orimanor]

Thanks for your answer.

So, as I understand the situation, if I'm using Bridge in my workflow, I can't rely on Smart Sync to save HD space for me... 

So I guess I don't need the Professional plan and can just subscribe to the Plus plan.

[Jay]

That’s up to you of course. If you do have other files that aren’t used by Adobe Bridge, then at least those can remain online-only and free up space on your device.

[orimanor]

I understand...

Thank you for your help 🙂

[spedwig]

Bridge is functionally similar to a Finder window; you're saying here that merely viewing filenames or image thumbnails in a Bridge window causes a download? The same doesn't seem to be true of Finder...

[Rich]

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@spedwig wrote:

you're saying here that merely viewing filenames or image thumbnails in a Bridge window causes a download?

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Depends on what Bridge is trying to do with the file. Obviously it's trying to access the files in a way that is causing it to download and be marked as Local again. Why? You'd have to ask Adobe that.

[spedwig]

I think it's likely a combination of how Bridge is accessing the file info and how Dropbox SmartSync works... and since I'm no expert on either, I was hoping for more information from anyone who might be having similar issues or from someone who has knowledge about both of those things.

[spedwig]

...particularly because the original answer to this question didn't seem to have a firm grasp of how one uses Bridge.

[Rich]

It's pretty simple... anything that needs to access a file, whether it's you opening it, a backup process, virus scan, etc., will cause Dropbox to download the file and mark it as Local.