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meganh32
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

How to view previews of online-only files on desktop (like how you can in the mobile app)? - macOS

I'm trying to figure out how to see previews, specifically of .jpeg online files, on my mac desktop. I use Dropbox almost exclusively for photo management and it's frustrating not even being able to ...
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Jay
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Hi vmachado0113, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Were you able to preview the thumbnails of online-only files when using the older version of the Dropbox desktop application on Mac OS?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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vmachado0113
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

No, but I used to be able to click on the files and view them in preview, which I can't do anymore.

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    If you open files in Preview, then it means that files would be downloaded to the machine to view them. Are the files not being downloaded at that time?

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      vmachado0113
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Sorry, not open in preview the application, but in the preview finder window, I don't want to download all the files.

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        Jay
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        2 years ago

        Thanks for the info, if the files are online-only, then there isn't any local data in them, meaning there isn't any image to preview, unless you mark the file as available offline.

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