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Is there a way to sync my files from the web to my desktop but not the other way around?
Hello,
I want to prevent dropbox from syncing back to the cloud files that are already on my computer.. or I want only to sync from dropbox to computer I do not have enough space in the cloud to have all the files.. so there is a folder I do not wish to sync back to the cloud but if there are new files on it to sync to hard drive.. if i use selective sync it wants to delete all files on my harddrive.. so I have to move the folder out of dropbox folder which is only a workaround.
is there another way?
danidar wrote:
i just want to have one direction sync.. from dropbox to local storage and I want dropbox to ignore what is on local storage and not upload it again.
No such option exists. Dropbox is intended to sync files in both directions. It cannot be configured to only sync from the cloud to your computer.
I want dropbox to ignore what is on local storage and not upload it again.The only way to do that is to move the files out of the Dropbox so they can't sync.
So, use camera uploads and allow the files to be added to Dropbox. Let them sync to your computer. Then move them out of the Dropbox folder to another location on your local drive. That will also remove the files from your Dropbox account, freeing up space for more photos to be uploaded.
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
Hello,
this is basically the problem. my dropbox ran out of space so I synced everything to my computer and remove the copies on dropbox but everytime I connect dropbox uploads everything back..so i am back to square one. i just want to have one direction sync.. from dropbox to local storage and I want dropbox to ignore what is on local storage and not upload it again.
selective sync will delete everything I have on local storage unless as you say i remove it from the dropbox folder.
this is the scenario.. i take photos and videos on the phone that are automatically synced to dropbox.. then i connect to the computer and download all the photos taken with the phone to the local hard drive. so selective sync is a no go because new photos taken by the phone will not be downloaded to local hard drive. after a while i remove the photos from dropbox because i do not have enough storage... but as soon as i do that dropbox upload the photo back to the cloud... i want dropbox not to do that. but still download them to the computer when there are new pictures/videos.
hope is clear
thank in advance.
- Jane
