![]() If you want the reassurance of having local copies of all your files, here’s how to force Dropbox to sync all your files on a Mac. ![]() The first thing to do is to make sure you change your Dropbox preferences, so that all files are properly synced. If you’ve got Dropbox installed on your Mac, click on the Dropbox icon in the Menu Bar at the top of the screen. In the window that opens, click on your initials in the top-right corner and select Preferences from the drop-down menu. Now click the Sync tab and change the New files default to Available offline. Select Dropbox folders to syncĭon’t assume that’s the job done. Now, under Select Folders to sync to this Mac click the Select folders button. Choose Select All at the top and then Update to make sure all of your Dropbox folders will be synced to the Mac. You’re still not done! If you’ve previously been using online-only folders, you need to force them all to sync with the Mac. You can do this on an individual basis, but the easiest way to do this is to force the entire Dropbox folder to be available offline. To do this, open the Finder and from the Menu Bar at the top of the screen click Go and then Home. You should find the Dropbox folder in the Home folder. Right click on the Dropbox folder and select Make available offline. ![]()
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