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bbgain
2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Preview of photos on Dropbox on Mac no more available
Until now, if you had Dropbox installed on your MacBook, you used to be able to view the images with the spacebar as a way to preview them. Now, next to most of the images is this cloud with the arro...
- 2 years ago
Could you try marking the files as available offline to see if you get the same issue with the previewing of the files?
bbgain
Explorer | Level 4
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Jay
2 years agoDropbox Staff
Could you try marking the files as available offline to see if you get the same issue with the previewing of the files?
- bbgain2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
That way it functions. And then I have the green check mark back too. But earlier it was set like this all time. Do I have to do this now with all new pics?
- Jay2 years agoDropbox Staff
If you're on the newer version of the Dropbox desktop application for Mac OS, then by defaults files would be online-only.
If you mark folders as available offline, however, any files in those folders would become offline, including new ones.
- Nienke772 years agoNew member | Level 2
I have the same problem, I can only see Macbook images instead of previews of the photos. The file is already available offline. How can I solve this?
Greetings, Nienke77
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