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Joe Lewis Design's avatar
Joe Lewis Design
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago
Status:
Closed

Can we have a right-click option to choose which files to sync first?

It would be excellent (common sense) to include a function where you can right click a file and choose "Sync First" so that it syncs now. I understand that Dropbox syncs smallest files first but some...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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3 years ago

The status update was specifically referring to the feature request for a right click option to prioritize files to sync Joe Lewis Design - I'll rename the thread to make it clearer now. 

 

Also, it's true that this is available to the backup feature, but there's also a way to prioritize files to sync through the desktop app (not folders) and it's outlined here.

 

I hope this clears things up!