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BSP
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago
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Pause sync when on mobile hotspot

Is there a way to automatically set dropbox to pause sync when i am connected to my mobile hotspot, and then recommence syncing when connected to anyother web connection?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago

    Many others have requested that Dropbox add such a feature in the past, yet they've never added it. You can search the Share feedback forum for those posts and add your own comments to them.

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Rich
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8 years ago
No, there isn't. You have to pause it manually.
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BSP
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

Hi Rich

 

I thought as much.   

 

Would this be of use to you if it were a feature?

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    8 years ago

    Many others have requested that Dropbox add such a feature in the past, yet they've never added it. You can search the Share feedback forum for those posts and add your own comments to them.

    • BSP's avatar
      BSP
      Helpful | Level 5
      8 years ago
      Thanks
      • Karina's avatar
        Karina
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        8 years ago

        Hey BSP welcome to the Community! :upside_down:

         

        To follow up on this question, as Rich mentioned, currently, directly through Dropbox, there's no preference where you can specify which network connection/ mobile hotspot the desktop app will run and sync changes with (or pause, for that matter). 

         

        This is really great feedback that I'd be happy to log an official request on, in order to pass over to our team! 

        All I can advise, is manually closing the Dropbox app so that it's not actively running and searching for changes to sync while you're connected through your mobile hotspot. 

         

        Then, once you're back on regular WiFi, you can manually re-launch the app. 

         

        Thanks for checking in with us about the ability to to do something like this! 

    • palbion's avatar
      palbion
      New member | Level 2
      7 years ago

      I was able to solve the issue using Keyboard Maestro which I have been using to automate a variety of other tasks. Using Keyboard Maestro it is possible to create a macro that will quit an application (Dropbox in this case) when a specific named network (my iPhone hotspot) is connected. I created a second macro to launch Dropbox when the hotspot is disconnected.

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

      Very disappointing response here, with no change in years.

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