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orimanor's avatar
orimanor
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Viewing "Online only" file in Adobe Bridge

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When I view "Online only" files in Adobe Bridge, thay automatically become "Local" files, even if I don't open them.

That's very annoying.

Is there a way to prevent that?

Thanks 🙂

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 years ago
    Hi there, if a file is viewed in Adobe Bridge, then the file needs to be downloaded to the machine to view it.
     
    There wouldn’t be a way to prevent this, since it would stop the file from being viewed.
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    7 years ago
    Hi there, if a file is viewed in Adobe Bridge, then the file needs to be downloaded to the machine to view it.
     
    There wouldn’t be a way to prevent this, since it would stop the file from being viewed.
    • orimanor's avatar
      orimanor
      Explorer | Level 4
      7 years ago

      Thanks for your answer.

      So, as I understand the situation, if I'm using Bridge in my workflow, I can't rely on Smart Sync to save HD space for me... 

      So I guess I don't need the Professional plan and can just subscribe to the Plus plan.

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
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        7 years ago
        That’s up to you of course. If you do have other files that aren’t used by Adobe Bridge, then at least those can remain online-only and free up space on your device.
  • classic mesa's avatar
    classic mesa
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 months ago

    This needs to be revisited across the board, in Finder, Bridge, whatever. The experience of viewing thumbnails for online-only images is so totally inconsistent and frustrating. There has to be a way to just cache thumbnails for everything reliably. If there isn't one, give us a right-click to Generate Thumbnail. ðŸ˜ 

  • classic mesa's avatar
    classic mesa
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 months ago

    Viewing thumbnails in finder, bridge, etc locally for online-only files has been a constant pain for so many users for so long now, is anything being worked on for this?!

    Yes, I know that you can alledgedly generate a thumbnail if you make the file offline, then online-only again.

     

    No, it doesn't work consistently. Some files get thumbnails, some don't. Some load quickly, others continue to load for ages.

    How about a right-click "Generate Thumbnail"?

    The disruption to work this causes when dealing with large image files is maddening.

    This should be treated as a known bug.

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