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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Investigating
Add .dropboxignore directory to exclude folders without using selective sync
Please please please can you add a feature that allows folders to be excluded from the Dropbox account (on windows and mac). For sure I'm not the first person to request this, but I'm yet to find a g...
It's a nice hack, but doesn't quite accomplish the same features that would be available if Dropbox created an .ignore file. The folders will still natively sync with the Dropbox backend, which can cause item conflicts if any custom ignore script isn't executed in proper order. And let's be honest here, people are going to make mistakes. If Dropbox makes this an .ignore file natively then it will avoid item conflicts.