I used to use Dropbox for years, had all the archive of my work on it, and the main thing that I loved was how easily I could keep track of what was/wasn't synced on my laptop. I had to move to iClou...
On Dropbox for macOS, the syncing icons have slightly changed from what you may be used to. Files and folders can be in various sync states, for example:
“Available offline”
A solid green circle with a white checkmark means your file or folder is synced and available offline. You will see this icon after right-clicking a file or folder and selecting Make available offline.
“Online-only”
A cloud icon with a down arrow means your file or folder is synced and online-only until it is opened. Clicking on the this icon will download the file/folder and change its state to“available”.
Double clicking online-only files from Finder will automatically download this file and open it in its default application. Opening files from an application will also automatically download these files and open it.
“Available”(no icon)
A file with no icon means that it has been opened either by double-clicking, through a third-party application or by clicking the cloud icon to download.
Files and folders may have other icons next to them if for example a file is syncing or downloading. Other examples include error states where a file/folder cannot be synced with Dropbox. Hovering over the icon will give more details of what the error may be.
For a more detailed explanation of the sync icons please visit our Help Center.
Hi Walter, thanks for this! So, if I'm understanding correctly, it's just that the icons have changed? Sorry, I suppose I must have missed that. I thought something wasn't working right... or maybe I'm traumatised by iCloud's sync😧
On Dropbox for macOS, the syncing icons have slightly changed from what you may be used to. Files and folders can be in various sync states, for example:
“Available offline”
A solid green circle with a white checkmark means your file or folder is synced and available offline. You will see this icon after right-clicking a file or folder and selecting Make available offline.
“Online-only”
A cloud icon with a down arrow means your file or folder is synced and online-only until it is opened. Clicking on the this icon will download the file/folder and change its state to“available”.
Double clicking online-only files from Finder will automatically download this file and open it in its default application. Opening files from an application will also automatically download these files and open it.
“Available”(no icon)
A file with no icon means that it has been opened either by double-clicking, through a third-party application or by clicking the cloud icon to download.
Files and folders may have other icons next to them if for example a file is syncing or downloading. Other examples include error states where a file/folder cannot be synced with Dropbox. Hovering over the icon will give more details of what the error may be.
For a more detailed explanation of the sync icons please visit our Help Center.
