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AndrewR
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

Does offlining on the mobile app actually download the files to my local device?

I've seen older versions of this question which are marked as "Solved" but the solutions don't seem to work. - I have a folder of Music in dropbox - I switched the "Offline Use" on - Dropbox sh...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 months ago
    AndrewR wrote:

    So my simple question is whether Dropbox will allow me to see the files which it has made available for offline use, as a FOLDER.

    If you mean on your Android device, then no, you can't access the files outside of the Dropbox app like that. Offline files are not visible in the file system.

     

    If not, then I should switch off the "Offline Use" (hopefully reclaiming the space) and transfer the files to my PC some old fashioned way like USB.

    You first mentioned Android and now you're saying PC. I'm confused as to what you're actually trying to accomplish.

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Rich
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8 months ago
AndrewR wrote:

So my simple question is whether Dropbox will allow me to see the files which it has made available for offline use, as a FOLDER.

If you mean on your Android device, then no, you can't access the files outside of the Dropbox app like that. Offline files are not visible in the file system.

 

If not, then I should switch off the "Offline Use" (hopefully reclaiming the space) and transfer the files to my PC some old fashioned way like USB.

You first mentioned Android and now you're saying PC. I'm confused as to what you're actually trying to accomplish.

  • AndrewR's avatar
    AndrewR
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 months ago

    Sorry, I replied to myself instead of you, earlier, and just realized it now. Thank you for the help; you answered my question.

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    AndrewR
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 months ago
    My bad, I meant transfer "from" my PC to my Android phone.

    So, since you've confirmed that Dropbox won't do this for me, I'll just zip the folder on my PC, get it on the phone somehow, and then unzip the folder there.

    Thanks!




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