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How does the app sync large content?
Hi - after an issue with an external HDD I'm in the process of loading up lots of images to Dropbox, so syncing from my computer to Dropbox and making everything online-only. Syncing up around 5~10GB...
Oh - that sounds like it would work, thank you! Just want to confirm with you please this is how I'd do that. From Dropbox app on MacBook Preferences -> Sync -> Selective Sync then from Choose Folders To See On This Computer -> untick (un-select) everything, add all my new folders to Dropbox (Dropbox will no longer re-index everything unticked, was till syncing is complete on all my new stuff then if I want to see placeholders back on my laptop I can go back through steps above and re-tick/select everything I want to see on my computer and re-indexing will happen at this time. Is that correct? I'll do it with a couple of folders to see result first 🙂
May be not precisely exactly (regarding the details what happens), but yes, that's the idea - your way is the correct one. If you want you may not remove all ticks, just need to be enough.
One more detail that you need to avoid. Never copy content that's already in your account!!! Despite you cannot see it locally, it's there. If you copy file with the same name on the same place, selective sync conflict error will happen and file name will change. Just keep in mind.
