Can Dropbox prevent you opening a file someone already has open?

stephen_

Hello there. My small design studio are all working off Dropbox for our server. We are on Macs, have the Dropbox app installed and access our files via Finder. We regularly work on the same files and I've noticed that we can all have the same file open at once, and won't get a warning until we hit Save. This is not ideal. Is it possible to set Dropbox to prevent you from opening a file that someone already has open? Thanks in advance for any help.

Hannah

Hey @stephen_, thanks for posting your question today.



When it comes to MS Office files, you can use the Dropbox Badge, so you know when someone else is on a file.



For other kinds of files, there are a couple of workarounds.



Dropbox Business and Professional users have the file locking option available for such cases.



Another thing you could do, is move the file you're working on to a different folder, so your team mates know not to work on the particular file.



Once you're done, you can move it back to its original folder.



I hope this helps, and let me know if you have any questions!