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Smart sync just started downloading everything to local
I have a folder with 8,000 large files. While I was working (but nowhere near the folder nor the files contained therein) I suddenly started getting notifications of "Smart Sync Download" and that al...
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Norah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks, Norah, glad to read your response, as I am experiencing this same issue, constantly. Although I had already researched this issue and read the support article (so please don't offer it as a solution), I'm pleased to be connected to someone who may know more than what the article states, and be able to offer some valuable suggestions/fixes.
When saving a new file to an "Online Only" folder, every file in that folder starts downloading, and the alert says they are also trying to open. I can understand that if I opened an InDesign file that was searching for its placed images, and they all downloaded. That makes sense and is an expected behaviour. But, just saving a new file to an "Online Only" folder should not cause Dropbox to download everything else in the folder, and try to open those files.
So this seems like a DB glitch to me, not a native application causing the behaviour.
Please let us know how to resolve this issue.
Cheers!
P.S. Are you a DB employee or a helpful sort generously offering your time and knowledge? (Not that DB employees aren't helpful sorts as well.) Either way... many thanks.
- Sanchez
