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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...
OK - My previous post was not correct. Even having the root dropbox folder made available offline was not sufficient and didn't pull down new folders, but...
Here's the solution:
Right-click on the dropbox icon on the menu bar, click on your little profile icon (JB, in my case), and click View sync issues:
Then notice the link at the bottom and click "Open Settings":
This brings you to a very suitable interface for selecting exactly what I wanted.
Yes, during the install I guess I was using a feature called "selective sync". That's very neat, but I didn't remember that it was called that, so didn't know to search for it for help. But also, why is such a first class feature in such a terrible place for discoverability? Why isn't it somewhere findable?
I just got a new Mac and was setting up my Dropbox and very quickly identified the exact same concerns you raised in your original post. Thanks so much for posting the solution 🙂
- T_theresa_A
Community Manager
Hey, I'm Theresa, one of the Community Managers here at Dropbox. I'm happy to see that this thread sorted out your issue cwill918 ! I'm curious about how you're using Dropbox I'd really love to hear if you have any tips or tricks, or if you have any questions for us. If you are up for sharing? ✨
