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I want to see all my folders, online or -off, in OSX Finder.
I am moving into a new Mac. Installed the desktop app. I have always had a dropbox folder available in finder where I can easily see everything stored on my DB, and bveen able to right-click and choo...
When you say that you can now achieve this when choosing everything in your Dropbox folder to be offline, are you referring to the start-up page when you first install the app, or later on once the app is finally installed to the device?
- No, after installing, I could only see the ones I had chosen during installation. I chose very few because my drive is smaller than what's on dropbox. Then I tried to add folders to the list of visible things - that's when syncing mayhem started. Right now, I have managed to first choose a few more folders (important ones) to be visible, then repeatedly right-clicking on them and choosing "online only" - dropbox was busy syncing something like 44000 files and did not give any feedback when I did this, so I left it over the night and now those folders look OK. It's just very impractical and weird. It would mean at least a day's work to do it this way.
Do you have issues with the app not syncing the changes when you choose "online only" for your files/folders?
Yes, they take forever to change status and there's no feedback - the app seems busy "syncing" stuff I do not want synced.
Can you clarify the app's current syncing status, along with the version you're using on your end?
It says "Your files are up to date" but that's only because I couldn't handle adding everything I need to have visible but online in one go. Or even five.
I would have expected a chance to make these choices during installation, with clear definitions and options for hidden, visible, online, and offline files/folders. Very confusing and impractical to me.
Version is v184.4.6543 on Silicon Mac OS Ventura 13.6
Thanks for helping!
S
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Svante Loden, thanks for the additional info and the feedback on this.
When you sync the folders, by updating the selective sync settings, do these folder sync to your computer as "available offline" or as "online-only"?
Also, you might need to change your bandwidth settings, for syncing to go faster; perhaps it's limited?
I belive I am giving it all the bandwith that I have with no limits. It’s a 4g modem, so not monstrous, but covers most of my needs, even for larger video files.
No, when I chose what folders should be visible, it started syncing. There was no other option. Has something gone wrong during my installation or is it just redesigned in a way that doesn’t really work with my preferred way of using it? Will I find the options I need if I reinstall carefully?
Thank you- Hannah
Hey Svante!
The app should definitely start syncing, when you update the selective sync settings and you choose which folders to sync.
However, can you confirm that they're actually syncing as available offline? Meaning, when a folder finishes syncing, does it take up hard drive space?
You can test this with just one small folder, if you want.
- Thank you,
Yes, they start syncing immediately until they have a green check mark. Then I can theoretically make them online only.
