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

How to disable selective sync to keep all files locally ?

Hi, I'm looking for the option to disable the selective sync. I want to keep all the files locally, at all times.   I don't find the option to disable selective sync. In the sync settings, I only ...
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  • AntoineHlmn's avatar
    AntoineHlmn
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Thanks @Mark,

     

    You mean I have to un-tick and re-tick all the folders? All my folders are already ticked, but they remain "in the cloud" and not locally. Of course, the folders have always been visible in the finder (I'm on macOS, by the way, should have mentioned it), but not downloaded locally.

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      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      2 years ago

      Hi AntoineHlmn 

       

      So that means you are not actually using Selective Sync you are actually using Smart Sync 🙂

       

      You need to go in to Preferences, go in to Sync and then 'New files default 'Available Offline'.

       

      However, you will need to right click on all the ones with the little cloud and set that to 'Make appear offline'. 

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

        Well I think that's the issue...

         

        In the preferences (on the app, not web), I only have the two options in my original post:

         

         

         

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