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VW2's avatar
VW2
Explorer | Level 3
7 months ago

The option to change selective sync settings is gone on my Mac

HI 

the selective sync is gone. 

I use to be able to go to Preferences, Sync, then selective sync. but now it has 

Dropbox folder updates

you are not eligible for the new Dropbox for MacOS on file provider at this time.

Any help would be great thanks 

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey VW2, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    Can you send us a screenshot of the "sync" tab in your Dropbox preferences, so we can have a visual of the issue?

     

    Have you tried restarting your computer at all, to see if it helps?

     

    Let me know!

    • VW2's avatar
      VW2
      Explorer | Level 3

      Hi Hannah 

      Here is what is showing up on the screen .

      Also the page on my lap top, you can see the file that have small clouds are still on my lap top. before they would disappear when I put them on the cloud only. Also how do I get file from the cloud back onto my laptop?

      I turn the computer off yesterday and back on today and the problem is still there. 

      Many thanks for your help.

       

       

      • Mark's avatar
        Mark
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

        Ohhhh VW2 the UI has changed!

         

        This is how I see it:

        What is your version of Dropbox?

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