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
Don't have an option to 'Make folders available offline'
Following a recent update, folders are now only available online and have lost the ability to select offline. This used to be possible by right clicking on the Dropbox folder on my PC or an individual folder within Dropbox itself...now the only options are Share/Send for signature/View on Dropbox.com/Send a copy/Copy Dropbox link/Version history. So how do I re-enable offline view which meant PDF thumbnails were visible?
- Jay
Dropbox Staff
Hi rduff, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you on a Dropbox Basic plan, while using a Windows machine? The option to make files available offline or online-only should only be on paid plans for Windows.
Could you confirm what syncing icon you have on your files in the Dropbox folder?
This will help me to assist further!
Hi.
I'm on a basic plan....and always have been.
The syncing icon is a green circle with a green tick, compared to the solid green circle with a white tick I used to get previously, and of course cannot now view PDF thumbnails. This change happened after I received a pop up notification in the task bar advising Dropbox was updating, which I've never seen before as normally just updates in the background. I've used Dropbox for many years but is the first time I've encountered this issue!
- Hannah
Hey rduff, thanks for the additional info here.
Can you please hover over your Dropbox icon and let us know what the sync status and version of the app is at the moment?
