Card #66 · Dropbox App Centre
Issues with Smart Sync and Online-Only file management
Users are experiencing failures with the 'online-only' feature, where files continue to occupy hard drive space or are automatically downloaded without permission. On Windows 11, simple interactions like right-clicking trigger full file hydration, while Mac users report that online-only settings are ignored or difficult to implement for large backups.
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0.81/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.95upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
Windows 11 Forces Dropbox Online-Only Files to Fully Download on Any Interaction (Right-Click, Browsing, Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, etc.)
The DB app on my macbook seemingly won't flip a folder / file over to "online only" until after it's uploaded but I need to back up 1TB worth of stuff on a computer that only has 500gb of internal HDD space
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