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.

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dvd2's avatar
dvd2
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Old is better - Tick, percentage storage, time to upload

Let's go fast   Ambient: Mac Tick Green: Disappeared (love offline files without clicking icon cloud again and again and again..., maybe recente migration Dropbox folder) Percentage Usage: I ...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    2 years ago

    Hey Davide! Apologies for the late reply. 

     

    The specific syncing icons that you see indicate that your files have been set as online-only, to help you save up hard drive space on your device. You can also click here to see more details on the Mac syncing icons.

dvd2's avatar
dvd2
Explorer | Level 4

Hi Nancy, here the green-check situation upgraded to cloud-icon.

I must click on cloud-icon to download files and folders. 

 

Dp v 165.4.4300

thanks

DavideA

 

 

Nancy's avatar
Nancy
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hey Davide! Apologies for the late reply. 

 

The specific syncing icons that you see indicate that your files have been set as online-only, to help you save up hard drive space on your device. You can also click here to see more details on the Mac syncing icons.

  • dvd2's avatar
    dvd2
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Perfect, during migration software doesn't ask me to change that. 

    I must to set it on right click on folders. Big surprise (in attachment)! 

     

    Maybe this option could be more clear in the preferences panel.

     

    "DropboxFile Provider is downloading a file from com.getdropbox.dropbox"

    Fixed waiting and relaunch app.

     

    Dp v. 166.4.2920

     

    Thanks a lot

    https://imgflip.com/gif/7a5r6f

     

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