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RJL's avatar
RJL
Helpful | Level 6
12 months ago

Sorting files by sync status / confusion about syncing status and icons on files

Is it possible to sort files by sync status?

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    12 months ago

    Hey RJL, thanks for posting to the Dropbox Community.

     

    At the moment, there's no way to sort files by sync status.

     

    Also, regarding the files with the sync icon, can you please hover over the Dropbox icon in your system tray/menu bar, to see the sync status and version of the app itself?

    • RJL's avatar
      RJL
      Helpful | Level 6
      11 months ago

      The status is

      Indexing 1,199 files...

      Can't sync "visited Links" (access denied)

      Uploading 218,564 files

      Downloading 18

      The version is 188.4.6302

       

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        11 months ago

        Hi RJL, is the number of indexing and uploading files going down as we speak? 

  • RJL's avatar
    RJL
    Helpful | Level 6
    12 months ago

    I have files on my local hard drive displaying the blue icon with chasing arrows which I understand to indicate that the file is in the midst of being synced.  When I go to the same folder on Dropbox.com, the file is fully available. If the file is available on Dropbox.com, shouldn't the icon on the local drive be green?

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      12 months ago

      Hi RJL 

       

      Has the file been updated locally since it was uploaded to Dropbox? I.e. Dropbox is syncing a change OR is the file open?

      • RJL's avatar
        RJL
        Helpful | Level 6
        12 months ago

        No, the file hasn't been opened locally or updated recently.  It is part of a very large group of folders and files being synced to DropBox.

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