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Offline files not downloaded when accessed programmatically (macOS)
Not sure where best to address this question, but it would appear to be API-related... We've got an existing app which has been working OK until recently on both Windows and Mac platforms, which ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff
1. This is more of a local filesystem interaction, so I can't offer much guidance here unfortunately, as I can only offer help with the Dropbox API itself. If you want to open a ticket though and reference this thread, we can direct your ticket to the relevant department to see if they can offer some guidance on that, though I can't make any guarantees.
2. The official Dropbox API/SDK does not offer an interface for managing the online/offline setting for files on the desktop, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
3. This may be something for the user to directly contact support about.
I've opened a ticket (Ticket #24206378) and am waiting for followup!
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