You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Start offline, but after time go online
Question is in the subject... and here is why.
I had dropbox client on main disk (C:) and syncing on external USB drive (D:)
When drive was disconnected, the client assumed I deleted everythi...
Hey BixiSLO, thanks for using Dropbox and happy Friday!
Let me start by saying that what you described is one of the reasons we strongly recommend against using an external drive to store your Dropbox folder.
As for your request, there's no way to achieve that with Dropbox at this time as files won't become online only automatically after a period of time - you'd need to do it manually.
If you'd like to though, you can select which folders you'll be syncing locally to your device upon (re)installing the app via the advanced options.
I hope this helps a tad and please let us know if you have any other questions.
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey BixiSLO, thanks for using Dropbox and happy Friday!
Let me start by saying that what you described is one of the reasons we strongly recommend against using an external drive to store your Dropbox folder.
As for your request, there's no way to achieve that with Dropbox at this time as files won't become online only automatically after a period of time - you'd need to do it manually.
If you'd like to though, you can select which folders you'll be syncing locally to your device upon (re)installing the app via the advanced options.
I hope this helps a tad and please let us know if you have any other questions.
