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Forum Discussion
Shut down computer once dropbox has finished syncing
It would be useful if the computer could shutdown after syncing so that everything has been loaded up.
So do I. I work on 500MB-2GB project files and sometimes need them to synch before I shut down or suspend the computer. It would be very useful to me to for example have a little checkbox item to shut down or suspend the computer when finished synching perhaps below the Pause synching item in the gear-dropdown menu.
I believe you could change the tray icon to indicate it has been activated and/or display some on-top, floating reminder when activated with a Cancel button. Either from when activated or when finished synching and counting down to shut-down command?
I'm sure users who wouldn't need the feature wouldn't need to produce any mishaps by mistakenly activating such a feature any more than they would mistakenly pause synching.
This would be a fitting pro feature since when synching before going from your home studio to commute to an other work place or office you would often want to work up until getting out the door and have dropbox shut the computer down when finished synching and not have to wait when using desktop computers or leave-at-home laptops.
