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Snowdog63
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Finder colour codes now seem to disappear when a file is online only

So it would seem that when I now make a file online only, the finder colour code associated with it disappears.

Is this deliberate, because for me it's an absolute disaster?

 

I use purple, for example to signify that a file is uploaded to my client's server. Very often I work on jobs that create many files that are shared & amended during the course of the job. Only the final files have to go "out the door" at my client's end & so they are the ones the are most likely uploaded. I still have to go in later & make sure all the versions & iterations are backed up on their servers.

 

The thing is, very often, I'm on another job by then & so I have to make projects online only, so I have no way of seeing how far I got in backing up these files (which are, more often than not, 10-15GB files, so they're not things that upload quickly) without bringing everything back down to the Dropbox folder to see the colour codes.

 

Is it really necessary to hide them like this?

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi Snowdog63, it's likely both things you mentioned are related to the newer version of the Dropbox desktop application for Mac OS, on which you can read about here.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago
    Snowdog63 wrote:

    So it would seem that when I now make a file online only, the finder colour code associated with it disappears. ... Is it really necessary to hide them like this?

    It wouldn't be Dropbox hiding it. Most likely it's because the file no longer exists on the computer so your OS can't read the color/tag. The only thing left behind when you mark a file as Online-only is a placeholder file. The actual file is removed.

    • Snowdog63's avatar
      Snowdog63
      Helpful | Level 5
      2 years ago

      Hmm. It never used to disappear. This has been my system for some time.

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
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        2 years ago

        Hey Snowdog63, does making the files available offline bring back the color codes?

         

        Can you send us a screenshot of the two behaviors, so we can compare and check it out?

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