You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Request: All files available offline by default
Moving the Mac to the new File Provider is great - very happy this is finally happening and support on the new M1 is much better. Kudos!
Feature request: Really miss the feature to have Dropbox...
Hi everyone, and thanks for your patience.
We're re-launching the option to choose the default status of synced files in the Dropbox desktop application (in the Preferences > Sync tab) for users of the newer File Provider version.
It should be available to you shortly. If you haven't received it yet, make sure to update your desktop app, and let us know if you have any questions!
I tested with files from another computer, albeit an iphone and found:
- if the file is created outside of a folder that is marked as "make available offline" then is does not appear on the mac and has a cloud symbol beside it when that directory is viewed from the mac
- if the file is created or moved to a folder that is marked as "make available offline" then the file is made available offline on the mac and is marked with a green check mark on the mac
So, I stand by my prior suggestion but add one additional note: if a file is created in a folder marked as "make available offline" even from another computer, and that file does not end up marked with a green check mark and made available offline when viewed from the folder where the "make available offline" request was made then that's a plain and simple bug. Not a feature request but a bug and should be reported as such.
