You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Dropbox removed "Save hard drive space automatically"
I thought "smart sync" was so that Dropbox automatically makes files I haven't used in a while online only. I don't see a smart sync option on my M1 Mac (macOS Monterey 12.1), but I have "Make onl...
Hey all!
Just wanted to jump in here, and let you know that the option should be back, and all should work like they used to.
Thanks a bunch! 😎
Hi there,
It seems the new Dropbox makes a lot of files online-only without me asking it to do so. It is very annoying AND unhelpful as sometimes I work without WIFI. How do I turn this off? It was much better before, where I told it which files where online, and which needed offline access.
Thanks
- Rich
Super User II
fedeboraxx wrote:
It seems the new Dropbox makes a lot of files online-only without me asking it to do so. How do I turn this off?
There is no option to disable this feature. As long as you have enough drive space and you mark your files as Available Offline, Dropbox shouldn't make them Online-only. It will, however, continue to do this if you're low on local drive space.
Thanks Rich. I'm not low on space (and if I were, I'd like to admin this myself). Now, whenever I create a new file, Dropbox uploads it and makes it online-only. Which wreaks havoc with programs like Premiere, which are searching for a ton of linked files per project. Why would Dropbox do this? Why do software companies add features no-one asked for?
it's totally awful. it has made it unusable for Premiere, etc, these days. the beginning of the end for Dropbox I fear
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey fedeboraxx, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you please clarify your device's OS version and the status and version of the desktop app as shown in your menu bar?
Also, did you try making the files you'd like to access at all times available offline before trying to open them through your 3rd party apps?
Thanks Walter. I have the latest Mac, and the latest Dropbox, everything updated to whatever is the newest version.
And do you suggest going through ALL My FILES and right clicking to make the offline? This seems like a huge waste of time
- Jay
Hi fedeboraxx, have you tried marking the entire Dropbox folder as available offline, or bulk selecting all the files in the root folder to mark them the same way?
