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Chris R.70's avatar
Chris R.70
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Desktop access without syncing.

Hello. I see it mentioned a few times previously, but am wondering if there is any active development on a way to access Dropbox files from the desktop without either syncing or using the web app...b...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    8 years ago

    This thread is YEARS out of date Andrey - Dropbox themselves have been doing it now for awhile. Its called 'Smart Sync' which you can read about https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/smart-sync

     

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Samuel L.18's avatar
Samuel L.18
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Dropbox for business is 5 users min + 1TB each = 5TB. Where do I get this 5TB laptop drive? How does this make sense?

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