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Thomas
11 years agoNew member | Level 1
Disable desktop notifications for app's folder
I'm using Dropbox Sync to write down small files to sync things in my iOS app. Because records and datastores are too limited in my case, I can't use Datastore. Unfortunately, these internal files ar...
Jan_Zeman
9 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hi Steve M., I must admit this is one of the most frustrating threads I ever participated in. Please read the very original request from Thomas and if possible also the comments I posted throughout the last calendar year: This is all about the APPS folder - a folder you, DropBox, creates, on behalf of your final users, not them personally. What sense does it make to notify users about changes in the folder they never created? Isn't this absolutely obvious case? Independent on any API version, independent on API client requests or parameters sent... Simply NEVER notify about changes in the APPS folder and its subfolders! I guess this feature must be implemented in your Dropbox software - in your Windows and Mac clients as it is those clients who display those annoying notifications. There is hardly any other work-around. I am very sorry for using bold font and one or two exclamation marks but for the last 427 days of this ticket lifetime I do not sense any sincere interest from any 'Dropboxer' to address this issue. Maybe my view is too simplified but it is about one if statement in the related client code...
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