Smart sync on all computers ??

[exx]

Hello,

i have set on my office pc some folders like "online only" - i have copied inside some files and on my office pc size of the folder is 0 (this confirms that all files are really stored in the cloud)

now i open my laptop,  and dropbox starts to syncronyse that folders downloading all files even  i click on the folders and set "online only "also 

how to have that folders online only also in my laptop and in all my pcs ?

as i wrote i have marked folders also in laptop as online only but it seems dropbox ignore it and keep donwloading files

thanks for your help

Luka

[Mark · Accepted solution]

Hi @exx 

You need to manually set the online only option on each device. There is no way of doing this centrally. 

[exx]

this is ok, but why dropbox still try do download files even i set "online only" ? 

[exx]

hi @Mark 

canyou reply to my last question ?

thanks a lot

[Nancy]

Hi @exx, I hope you don’t mind me jumping in here. 

Is there any chance that there’s a third-party app or program on your computer, that’s accessing the folders/files you set as online-only? 

This would be one possible explanation as to why this is happening.

[exx]

hi Nancy,

you are welcome...

no no other app or program....

just seems that dropbxo first want to dowonload all files to my laptop before "listenintg" to my  "online only" smartsync setting

i suppose that when i set it dropbox just stop to download files... instead it ignore my setting..

Luca

[Hannah]

Hey @exx, how are you?

When do you experience this issue? When you reboot your computer?

Do you perhaps have an antivirus installed on your computer, that might also be looking into your Dropbox folder?

[exx]

hi @Hannah 

no one of these scenerios

no reboot no antivirus..

i just turned on my laptop after some days and dropbox started to syncronize... but is was ignoring i set "only online" in smartsync option,.. dropbox still continued to download files and folders instead on just write name of files 

regards

[Jay]

Hi @exx, is this in all folders in random locations, or for specific folders?

[exx]

to all folders i set like only online