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Leo289
9 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Why the Dropbox constantly makes my files online-only even if I make them local?
Recently, I found that after I make some files locally, if I leave it aside like 10-20 minutes, I will find them online-only again. It is quite frustrating because it means that I have to constantly ...
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey Leo289 - sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you let us know the exact OS version of your computer and the version and status of the Dropbox desktop app as shown in your menu bar/system tray at the moment?
Have you tried rebooting your computer, quitting and relaunching the app or even reinstalling it since you first noticed this?
Let us know more and we'll take it from there, Leo.
Leo289
9 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Walter,
My OS version is Sonoma 14.3.1 (23D60); I think my dropbox version is v192.4.4605. I am on Dropbox pro.
This is not very recent issue. I notice this issue for a while, and it became troubling recently because I need to work on large dataset. Yes, I have tried rebooting my computer, quitting and relaunching the app and reinstalling as well. It doesn't work.
Another weird thing I noticed is that the "Storage" on my mac setting shows that my computer has 260GB unused space, but the "Manage hard drive space" from the dropbox shows that "Dropbox on hard drive" + "Other hard drive space used" take up 0.98T out of my 1T hard drive space.
best,
Leo
- Nancy9 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for these screenshots, Leo! Can you send me one more of what you see after right clicking on your local Dropbox folder and going to “Get info”?
Are your files back to online-only at the time you take this screenshot or downloaded locally?
- Leo2899 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Nancy,
I think so. Sometimes it is unnoticeable because it won't make the entire folder online-only, it will just make some files within that folder online-only while I just made the entire folder local.
- Nancy9 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for that! Out of curiosity, if you open the folder and make its files available offline directly, instead of the folder, are you experiencing the same behavior?
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