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ScottAMRaleigh's avatar
ScottAMRaleigh
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Displaying all non-synced folders along with synced folders

I would like to view all my desktop folders, even those that are not synced in dropbox. I know this is possible, because my previous Mac allowed this, and the "online only" folders were indicated as such.  My new Mac is showing only those selectively synched. How do we display all the folders, including un-synced?  Thank you.

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    • ScottAMRaleigh's avatar
      ScottAMRaleigh
      New member | Level 2
      2 years ago

      Okay, thank you. So, I followed your instructions, and set my preferences to "online only" and selected all my dropbox folders to "sync to this mac."

       

      Unfortunately, Mac Finder is only displaying the previously synced folders (not all of them).  This is a new Mac, so I'm trying to set up to model my old Mac.  Following your instructions, my plan was to just make all the folders "online only" and then re-select the individual folders I want to sync to the desktop.

      Repeating above, it's not displaying all the folders, just the ones I originally synced (which are now "online only").  I'm assuming this means I need to uninstall dropbox, reinstall it, and start fresh -- syncing all folder "online only" and then once they all show up in Finder as online only, I then selectively sync the ones I want on my desktop. Is this correct?  Is there any other way?

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        2 years ago

        Do you see the folders you're not seeing in Finder under your selective sync settings perhaps ScottAMRaleigh? 

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