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itsmaku
Helpful | Level 7
3 months ago

Selective Sync ('Do not upload' option) disappeared from Finder on Mac 14.7.1

So I've been using this option a ton before, like, when you work with a super large files and you don't need to upload them all while working on them, so there was on option in context menu "dont syn...
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itsmaku's avatar
itsmaku
Helpful | Level 7
2 months ago

hello?

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Jay
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2 months ago

Apologies for the delay, if this feature isn't available for your Dropbox account, then you would need to use the Terminal command in order to ignore a file or folder.

If you're already not seeing the option, then the feature wouldn't be available on any plan you could subscribe to.

  • mendimr's avatar
    mendimr
    Helpful | Level 5
    19 days ago

    This is insane, you have an 11 year old feature request to add .dropboxignore with thousands of subscribers requesting it and you decide to remove the only option that was somehow helpful in this direction.

    • itsmaku's avatar
      itsmaku
      Helpful | Level 7
      18 days ago

      well apparently dropbox become marketing driven money grab joke company… 

      terminal command? what are we, living in 99?

  • itsmaku's avatar
    itsmaku
    Helpful | Level 7
    18 days ago

    well looks like ill start looking for alternatives which provide such features 

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