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Doris7
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Moving local "empty" files to nextcloud

 Hi there, I have my dropbox installed in a way that there are just "emtpy" files on my computer and the real MB's are in the cloud, once I open them on my computer with Finder (Mac) I get the real M...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago

    Hi Doris7 

     

    The only way to do this is to download the files locally to your computer first by making them 'Available offline' and then transferring to the other system. 

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Doris7
New member | Level 2

I did this and it worked but not for all files. I can't get several files offline? I choose 'make it available offline' but this didn't work, I keep on seeing the blue icon instead of the green icon. In Finder it says it has 0 bytes (which is correct because it is in the dropbox cloud), but even clicking on it doesn't download it. I checked it online and I can open it in the browser, so whats wrong with these files?

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey Doris7, perhaps the files are taking a while to sync. 

 

If you hover over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar, what's the sync status of the app?

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