

If you’d like to save your file back to your computer’s hard drive again, click Local. Right-click the file or folder you’d like to change to online-only. “So, if for whatever reason, in your business, you’re not sure about that level of functionality, you can turn it off,” Baesman said. To set a file or folder to online-only using Smart Sync: Open File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac). IT managers, however, will be able to control whether or not their organizations opt in to Smart Sync.

Select selective sync and put each file in the sync folder. Open the settings, navigate to Preferences then Sync.

DROPBOX MAC SMART SYNC WINDOWS
Now click on the Dropbox icon from the windows icon tray. The company argues that it has battle-tested Smart Sync internally, and it shouldn’t cause problems. If you don't add all the files, you will see that some Dropbox files are not syncing. In order to provide that functionality on the Mac, Dropbox needs to use a kernel extension that could potentially cause performance or security issues. While it’s a useful feature, Smart Sync is not without controversy. Syncing a massive team folder down to each user’s computer would take a lot of hard drive space, and Smart Sync means that people can easily see files without all of the storage space concerns. The new feature dovetails well with Dropbox Business’s existing Team Folders functionality, which lets administrators set up shared folders that multiple people have access to.
