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compost
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4 days ago

All local files have gone online-only after updating my Mac; I can't make them offline again.

Hey,  I recently updated my Mac to Sequoia 15.3.1 (lates available to me), and now I notice that all the files in my dropbox drive are online only. Most used to be locally available.  When I cl...
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compost
New member | Level 1
4 days ago

Thanks Nancy,

I'm not sure if I have updated the app. I tend to just update anything whenever I'm told to. How would I know?

I'm able to open individual files now - I wasn't before for some reason. But if I try to make folders available offline - by right clicking and selecting 'make available offline' nothing seems to happen. The cloud icon doesn't go away. Files within the folder are still online only. I can't see any change. 

I'll attach screenshots so you can see what I'm seeing. 

By my guess it's removed about 350gb from my local drive! I was probably due for a clean up anyway.

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