“We’re working on full support for online-only files in macOS 12.3 and later,” so right now the best option we have is to access the web to download anything if the feature doesn’t work.

The good news is that there is an update in the works that fixes this bug, although we will have to wait a whole month before we can install it. If we are forced to not be able to use them due to the problem that the company itself recognizes, its operability is substantially reduced. This function is, precisely, one of the best that the Dropbox desktop app has because it allows us to keep in view, without taking up space, those files that are used relatively frequently. So those who usually work from the cloud will have to keep what they need saved in the internal storage of the computer. The beta version will begin to be implemented in March 2022”. What is happening? In a message sent to all its users, Dropbox acknowledges that in the latest desktop version “we do not offer full support for online-only files, but we are working on it. These problems are reaching so much that the company itself has had to contact its customers to explain the situation. Especially after the publication of the latest macOS updates. And Monterey is one of those versions that is working that way with the native Dropbox app. Not surprisingly, the problems that its application causes when we have it on the desktop are legendary and, Despite all the time that has passed, it seems that North Americans still do not get the hang of macOS.

Despite the fact that Dropbox is one of the most popular cloud services, it has a love-hate relationship with Macs behind it.

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