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Can I sync a single folder with selective sync, without downloading its entire directory?
Suppose I have a folder structure as follows: Folder A contains File A and Folder B. Folder B contains File B. Something like: Folder A |- File A |- Folder B |- File B The expected behaviour is that if I choose "Selective Sync" and click only "Folder B", this should locally sync Folder B and File B, but not File A. (ideally, a "-" sign should appear for Folder A with the option to click the checkbox to sync everything in Folder A). The actual behaviour is that selecting Folder B (via the checkbox) automatically checks "Folder A", and Dropbox will attempt to locally sync File A as well as Folder B. This is the behaviour on Ubuntu; if this differs on Mac or Windows please post below.
How can I save files into my Dropbox account using WPS Office on Ubuntu?
I recently had Microsoft removed from my computer and replaced with Linux Ubuntu. I'm struggling with the learning curve. I have installed Dropbox and I have installed WPS Office. How do I have WPS Office let me save to Dropbox? (as I previously did in a Windows based system)
[Solved, Ubuntu 22.04] Dropbox is always "Connecting..."
Hi, Dropbox tray icon says it is "Connecting..." forever. I cannot see the list of the latest modified files as it used to show or use the tray, actually. I am using Linux Ubuntu 22.04 (but it like that since the 19.10, I suppose) The currently installed version of Dropbox is 149.4.4568 I also don't have the "Early releases" enabled as you can see in the following screenshot. I also tried to remove `.dropbox` and `.dropbox-dist` manually to reinstall them cleanly. You can check the date and time it was reinstalled here.Feedback and questions about how selective sync works on Linux
I has taken me the better part of an hour just to a button that allows one to start a discussion. Not sure, but part of the problem may be I was using Firefox. Regardless, it should not be this difficult. I have been spending hours trying to setup my account so certain dropbox folders would be visible in my PC's Dropbox folder but not stored there. I thought that is what Selective Sync did. I also looked into Dropbox Backup. This is what I found in dropbox's documentation. " Selective sync is a feature in the Dropbox desktop app that allows you to add or remove Dropbox folders from your hard drive to save space on your computer without deleting the files themselves. You can check or uncheck folders in the Dropbox desktop app to determine whether the files are saved to your hard drive or just stored in your Dropbox account." That sounds like what I want but the documentation fails to address one aspect of how it works. Are the files which are unchecked still visible on the local PC? With much searching I found this. "What's the difference between selective sync and online-only? Making your files and folders online-only also helps save hard drive space. These files and folders will still be visible from your computer, but are stored in your Dropbox account online." Notice this response does not answer the question. It describes a characteristic of online-only but to describe a difference, one has to contrast how the other option works. From experimentation, I finally deduced unchecked folders effectively ignored by dropbox. And in another slap in the face, more searching revealed "online-only is not available on linux. Arrgh. Hours an hours of searching. because the documentation sucks. So maybe this think dropbox calls backup will help. Other cloud provides have a feature called backup that would meet my needs. And it appear to be available. "Dropbox Basic is a free plan that includes Dropbox Backup, allowing you to back up your computer and external hard drive, but limits the size of your backups to the 2 GB storage quota of the plan." This says where it is available and does not exclude Linux, so the documentation says I should have access to it. To set up your computer to back up: Open your Dropbox desktop app preferences. Click the Backups tab. Click Set up. Note: If you’re on a Dropbox team account and you don’t see this option, your admin may have chosen not to allow you to enable it. Check the folders you’d like to back up. If your work and personal accounts are connected, choose which Dropbox account you’d like to back up your folders to. Click Set up and follow the steps. Mac users: Click OK when prompted to give Dropbox permission to access your folders. This is what I see using the app (v223.4.4909) on Linux. . There is no No "Backups" tab. So is the documentation wrong or am I looking in the wrong place?How can I make files online-only on Ubuntu?
Dear all Recently, I moved from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 24.04 in my laptop. During my journey in Windows, I was always very pleased with the integration between Dropbox and my operating system, as I could browse all the folders in my Dropbox account locally on my laptop without having to go to the web browser, even those that were not synced to my computer (i.e. I could access the folders not downloaded to my computer, see the file names... and when I double-clicked on a file, it would be downloaded to my computer and I could access it quickly and easily). When I downloaded and synced Dropbox with Ubuntu on my laptop, all the files and folders in my Dropbox account started to store a copy locally on my computer. For those folders that took up a lot of space and that I wasn't going to use at the moment, I right-clicked on them and checked the option to not sync with dropbox.com. However, this did not have the effect of clearing the space that these folders were taking up, with the desired functionality of being able to browse my laptop locally and see their names and be able to access them even if they weren't synced. I was wondering if there was a way to mimic this functionality that I enjoyed on Windows.
Changes on third-party app not syncing between three Linux distros
I have three linux distros installed on my desktop. They all have Gnucash and Dropbox. They are all connected to the same Dropbox account. I made a change in Gnucash on one of the distros and then later switched to the other two distros. The changes that I made in the one doesn't show up in the Gnucash on the other two distros. All three distros have the same version of Gnucash (5.10). What do I need to do further to solve this problem?
I'd like the desktop app to sync only once per day on my Linux device.
I am working with Linux Mint 21.1 the latest version. Dropbox keeps syncing all day for me. This is not necessary for me. 1 time on the while starting the computer is enough for me. Can I also set this so that Dropbox only syncs once a day?The Dropbox app (v213.4.4597) stalls when syncing (Linux/Ubuntu 24.04).
Hi, I've noticed that the current version of Dropbox (v213.4.4597) on my Linux setup (Ubuntu 24.04.1) seems to stall and not appear to sync after a certain time once started. I have tested my internet connection and there doesn't appear to be an issue with that (I've updated the Wi-Fi connection, using a different dongle, and have tried wired internet, and I am getting c. 250Mbps down and 50Mbps up, and can web browse and download whatever), and I have uninstalled and reinstalled the client (and the daemon) but the behaviour doesn't change. It seems that, very specifically, it happens when files are being uploaded on that machine to my Dropbox, and files are being downloaded from my Dropbox to my machine simultaneously. Eventually the files are uploaded and things 'unblock', but it can take hours for the situation to resolve. Is this an issue with this version? Is there anything else I can try to resolve this?
