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Leo289
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

Why the Dropbox constantly makes my files online-only even if I make them local?

Recently, I found that after I make some files locally, if I leave it aside like 10-20 minutes, I will find them online-only again. It is quite frustrating because it means that I have to constantly ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    9 months ago

    Hi Leo289, could you try instead right clicking the file and choosing Make available offline and let us know if you experience this issue on those files as well?

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Leo289
Explorer | Level 3

Hi Walter,

 

My OS version is Sonoma 14.3.1 (23D60); I think my dropbox version is v192.4.4605. I am on Dropbox pro.

 

This is not very recent issue. I notice this issue for a while, and it became troubling recently because I need to work on large dataset. Yes, I have tried rebooting my computer, quitting and relaunching the app and reinstalling as well. It doesn't work.

 

Another weird thing I noticed is that the "Storage" on my mac setting shows that my computer has 260GB unused space, but the "Manage hard drive space" from the dropbox shows that "Dropbox on hard drive" + "Other hard drive space used" take up 0.98T out of my 1T hard drive space. 

 

best,

Leo

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Nancy
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
9 months ago

Thanks for these screenshots, Leo! Can you send me one more of what you see after right clicking on your local Dropbox folder and going to “Get info”? 

 

Are your files back to online-only at the time you take this screenshot or downloaded locally?

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    Leo289
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago

     Hi Nancy,

     

    I think so. Sometimes it is unnoticeable because it won't make the entire folder online-only, it will just make some files within that folder online-only while I just made the entire folder local. 

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      9 months ago

      Thanks for that! Out of curiosity, if you open the folder and make its files available offline directly, instead of the folder, are you experiencing the same behavior?

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        Leo289
        Explorer | Level 3
        9 months ago

        When the issue happened, sometimes I will just click on the few files that have become online-only and make them local. But the issue will happen again. I just encounter the issue again with one of the folder I've been working on. Another thing is that the fully-local icon (green tick) has been disappeared for quite some time. I just saw it re-appeared in one of my folder today. Usually, even if all the files are made local, I don't see the green tick by the folder. I don't know whether that's relevant or not. 

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