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Thumbnail images not showing with Big Sur 11.2.3
My company recently upgraded my iMac to one with the Big Sur OS (v11.2.3) and none of the images in my Camera Uploads folder, for example, are showing thumbnail pics, only generic icons for JPGs.
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- Anything in the Dropbox folder is visible and synced to the Dropbox site, if there's a green tick next to it. Online-only files will have a cloud icon, meaning they are already on the Dropbox site, but don't take up space on the machine.
Marking a folder as local only means that the files from the Dropbox site are now also physically taking up space on your computer, since the primary reason for Smart Sync is to save space, so you won't need to move them.
If you need any more details, feel free to message back!
I will try that, Jay. But if I make the folder "local," does that mean I have to manually move them to Dropbox to make sure they're backed up? Or will that happen in the background (backup to DB as well as having them also on my computer)?
Thanks,
Erika
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffAnything in the Dropbox folder is visible and synced to the Dropbox site, if there's a green tick next to it. Online-only files will have a cloud icon, meaning they are already on the Dropbox site, but don't take up space on the machine.
Marking a folder as local only means that the files from the Dropbox site are now also physically taking up space on your computer, since the primary reason for Smart Sync is to save space, so you won't need to move them.
If you need any more details, feel free to message back!
Marking a folder as local only means that the files from the Dropbox site are now also physically taking up space on your computer, since the primary reason for Smart Sync is to save space, so you won't need to move them.
If you need any more details, feel free to message back!
Just replying to this thread because I am having the same issue. There used to be no problem seeing the thumbnail previews, even when they were just in Dropbox cloud, before I upgraded to Big Sur. Is this a new problem? It was very convenient to click on my dropbox folder in finder and then the folder of pictures I wanted to preview and see the thumbnails. Now all I see are cloud icons. I guess it is a Mac thing because on my Windows 11 machine I can see the thumbnails.
I believe I understand the explanation of thumbnails not showing images BUT I don't want the images on my computer (to save space) AND I need to see the image (.jpg) (when only on dropbox) so I can easily organize them (without opening each file).
Is there a perfect solution that allows BOTH?
TY
