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M14
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

MacOS: how to make all my folders available locally?

ve been a paid user for several years. It used to work seamlessly in the background and I loved it and recommended it to many orgs and friends. I'm on here today because I just set up a new Mac Studi...
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Megan
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hey M14, let's jump right into this! 

 

You mentioned that some folders are missing: is it possible that the app hasn't fully synced yet? 

 

Can you check its syncing status, and let me know what you find?

 

Have you tried following these steps, in order to make your online-only folders, available locally? 

 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

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M14
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Thanks Megan, never for a minute would have thought the Sync and Preferences dialogues would be under my photo (Avatar) - I've just selected the folders to duplicate locally - I see them coming down now . . . I know it's me but really, would it kill DB to throw a Sync icon up there with the other ones! Sheesh. I've said this before, these folks think we have time to explore and spend time in their app, we don't. Make it obvious transparent and easy.

Thanks again Megan XX

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    Megan
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    2 years ago

    No problem at all M14!

     

    If you need anything else, give us a shout. Enjoy the rest of your week! 😎

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