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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    This thread is YEARS out of date Andrey - Dropbox themselves have been doing it now for awhile.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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TJM
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

I want to be able to access a specific dropbox folder in the normal way, but I don't want it to be mirrored on my local drive (take up space). Seems kind of the main reason of having dropbox y'know. To free up space on your machine?

I can go to "Selective Sync" and unselect that folder, but now it is hidden and I can't acess it like any other folder.

Seems veeeery silly to me.

 

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