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kjmed
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

accessing online-only files from macos terminal

I have a large, shared dropbox folder that is set to "online-only", but I want to make specific files available offline. I know I can do this via right clicks in the Finder window for individual files, but I need to do this for many files. How can I do this via the macOS terminal?

 

I'm using macOS 12.6, and dropbox v166.4.2920

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago
    kjmed wrote:

    I have a large, shared dropbox folder that is set to "online-only", but I want to make specific files available offline. I know I can do this via right clicks in the Finder window for individual files, but I need to do this for many files. How can I do this via the macOS terminal?

    There are no terminal/command line options for setting a file as online-only or available offline.

    • kjmed's avatar
      kjmed
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Well that sucks. Can I do it without individually clicking every file I need (and without making the entire root folder available offline)?

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Hi kjmed, currently it isn't possible to perform the action you want without manually selecting each file to mark them as available offline.

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