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Forum Discussion
Reset Smart Sync To Online Only for All Files?
After finishing a few large projects, I am working to reduce the space used on my laptop. Is it possible to reset the smart sync status without having to right clicking on each folder? I wish to chan...
- Select everything all at once, then right-click. You don't have to do it one folder at a time. Select as few or as many folders and files as you want, even all of them. You can also right-click on the Dropbox folder itself and set it to Online-Only. Note that if you have a lot of files to change, it will take a while and will appear to be downloading files while it's happening. Just let it work.
Rich
Super User II
Super User IISelect everything all at once, then right-click. You don't have to do it one folder at a time. Select as few or as many folders and files as you want, even all of them. You can also right-click on the Dropbox folder itself and set it to Online-Only. Note that if you have a lot of files to change, it will take a while and will appear to be downloading files while it's happening. Just let it work.
Hi, I just did this with a large folder that takes up a lot of space. I already have some folders set as Online Only so it's technically a Mixed State folder. I got a message from my computer and dropbox that I was out of space, so I selected the folder and clicked 'Online Only' except it now appears to be downloading everything and I'm watching the small amount of space on my harddrive dwindle down to nothing and I can't do anything about it! Dropbox said it can't sync because there isn't enough space, but my laptop is 100% dropbox, I don't keep anything locally so I can't delete anything to free up space.
Help!
- Same here - selected some folders for 'Online Only' but it appeared to be downloading everything...the small amount of space on my hard drive dwindled down to nothing...then the "Smart Sync" stopped, saying it can't sync because my hard drive is full. Isn't Smart Sync supposed to free up space on my hard drive, not fill it up?
Help!The issues BLT1 and kimmydesign are facing are also affecting me. When I right click and select "online only" they don't seem to change; it stays on 'local'. Also new files seem to default to local, despite having my default settings be 'online only.'
Bye bye hard drive space. :(
