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Bill_Richards's avatar
Bill_Richards
Explorer | Level 4
12 months ago

Getting notifications about online-only files, with Google Drive/OneDrive active

I have a regular DropBox account that I've been using for many years.  This afternoon, it suddenly started giving my this very same notification every 30 seconds or so.  It doesn't tell me which file...
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Radstone's avatar
Radstone
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

I am constantly getting this error message, i do not know which file or files it is referring to. please hekp

 

Dropbox message Sync Status - These files are online only. To open them, first move them into your dropbox folder

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    12 months ago

    Sorry to hear about this, Radstone.

     

    I moved your post to this thread with info relevant to your issue, can you check it out and let me know if you find any info that helps?

    • Bill_Richards's avatar
      Bill_Richards
      Explorer | Level 4
      12 months ago
      Dropbox has not addressed this problem yet, so there is no help in this thread. Meanwhile, more and more people are encountering it.
      • Bill_Richards's avatar
        Bill_Richards
        Explorer | Level 4
        12 months ago

        dropbox - Is someone going to fix this?  I'm about to uninstall Dropbox and use a different solution.

  • Radstone's avatar
    Radstone
    Explorer | Level 3
    12 months ago

    Seems to have been fixed

    • dhtlucky's avatar
      dhtlucky
      Explorer | Level 4
      12 months ago

      Dropbox Notice still made me crazyyyyyyyyyy

      Stupid...we don't need you to save our storage.

       

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