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beyon
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

No "Make available offline" option for my files

hi everyone   I used dropbox at work and now got it for me privately.  But I do not see the option "make available offline". I already reinstalled the app, but it still diesn't work. I'm on m...
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    Nancy
    12 months ago

    Hi from me as well, beyon! The option to make your files online-only is currently only available if you’re on a paid subscription, or if you install the Dropbox for macOS on File Provider update, like Megan mentioned above.

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beyon
Explorer | Level 3

Yes, I use only the basic plan.

Is this feature not available with the basic plan?

I had a lot of issues with my current provider. So I wanted to check first, if those issues would be solved with dropbox. 

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Nancy
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12 months ago

Hi from me as well, beyon! The option to make your files online-only is currently only available if you’re on a paid subscription, or if you install the Dropbox for macOS on File Provider update, like Megan mentioned above.

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