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How to sync my files locally on my Mac, after they've been syncing as online-only?
I have a m1 mac and longstanding free dropbox account and noticed almost all my local files were gone. It looks to me like some update to the desktop app seemingly turned on selective sync (ugh) and...
ok - lets call it resolved. For others who search for the right buzzwords, the way to sync 'from' dropbox back 'to' the local disk is to open your dropbox folder in Finder on the mac, then right click (or trackpad equivalent) and select "make available offline" and dropbox will pull the data back into your local disk dropbox folder.
ok - lets call it resolved. For others who search for the right buzzwords, the way to sync 'from' dropbox back 'to' the local disk is to open your dropbox folder in Finder on the mac, then right click (or trackpad equivalent) and select "make available offline" and dropbox will pull the data back into your local disk dropbox folder.
