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kjmed
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

accessing online-only files from macos terminal

I have a large, shared dropbox folder that is set to "online-only", but I want to make specific files available offline. I know I can do this via right clicks in the Finder window for individual file...
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Rich
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2 years ago
kjmed wrote:

I have a large, shared dropbox folder that is set to "online-only", but I want to make specific files available offline. I know I can do this via right clicks in the Finder window for individual files, but I need to do this for many files. How can I do this via the macOS terminal?

There are no terminal/command line options for setting a file as online-only or available offline.

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    kjmed
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Well that sucks. Can I do it without individually clicking every file I need (and without making the entire root folder available offline)?

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
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      2 years ago

      Hi kjmed, currently it isn't possible to perform the action you want without manually selecting each file to mark them as available offline.

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        lagergren
        New member | Level 2
        2 years ago

        Is there a time frame for when/if you can get this fixed? Not being able to get a file synced and available, no matter how you choose to access it, and with what tool, is a huge ergonomic problem for me. Dropbox has become a lot less useful now. This may of course be a MacOS issue too, but if there is a way to get around it, configure stuff differently etc, I would be all ears. 

         

        As you state that this currently doesn't work, could you please tell me if there is a working resolution in the works, or if this is going to be the permanent state of things until Apple does something differently? 

         

        /M 

         

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