You can then identify the Smart Sync state using the Dropbox icon overlays as explained here. If you want to determine the Smart Sync state of a folder, right-click it and choose Boxcryptor → Show Original in Dropbox. Note : The Dropbox Smart Sync state of folders is not shown in the Boxcryptor drive.

The file icons of online-only files are faded or 'grayed / whited' out. The Smart Sync state of files is indicated by the file icon. You can directly edit these files from applications on your computer.īoxcryptor preserves the Smart Sync state of files in Dropbox, downloads files via Dropbox on demand when another application opens an online-only file and displays the Smart Sync state in the Boxcryptor drive. Local content is downloaded and saved on the hard drive of your computer.Mixed state folders contain both local and online-only content.Only information about the file, such as the file name, location, and date the file was updated, is downloaded. In your file explorer, you can see the file, but the content isn’t fully downloaded until you need it. Online-only content shows in your local Dropbox folder, but doesn’t use the full amount of space that the file would.

Dropbox Smart Syncĭropbox Smart Sync defines three states for files and folders: This saves valuable disk space and bandwidth while still being able to access every file from your computer. Instead, only the directory structure is replicated on your device and files are downloaded on demand when you open them. Some cloud providers offer that not all files are automatically synced to your device.

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