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Files "offloaded" to dropbox?
I need advice- It seems like my Mac is "offloading" a lot of files from the HD onto Dropbox and when I need the files they have to download from the Cloud.
I have lousy Internet so I want to ...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi KennyFlaming, you mentioned: "I need advice- It seems like my Mac is "offloading" a lot of files from the HD onto Dropbox and when I need the files they have to download from the Cloud."
If I understand this correctly, it sounds like your files are becoming online-only, and you want them available offline, is that correct? If not, feel free to correct me, and give me more info as to what you need to achieve.
As for what you mentioned about your Music app, and your files, it sounds like you enabled our Backup feature. You can see more about this here.
Thanks for the reply Megan
I believe that you are correct that many files are "Online only"- and I want everything native on my hard drive.
- Jay
Hi KennyFlaming, as this appears to be the case, you can mark your entire Dropbox folder as available offline by right clicking it and choosing that option.
This will force the files to download and remain on your machine.
- Hello Jay
Thank you for the response. I apologize for the delay, the email notification went to my spam folder.
I cannot seem to find the option to make the files “available offline”
If it’s helpful I am on Mac Ventura 13.4.1 OS
I’m sure it’s something simple that I’m overlooking
