Slow offline sync causing issues with macOS Folder Actions

Question

Under the new Dropbox app architecture for macOS, we're experiencing a few issues.

The most notable at the moment is the ability for macOS Folder Actions to complete as expected. This seems to be associated with the fact that files are downloading immediately on the Mac tasked with executing the Folder Action. The entire Dropbox folder has been selected for "Make availble offline". Despite this, new files syncing from another device will still appear with a grey cloud (Not Downloaded) next to them for some indeterminate amount of time.

Is there a way to truly force files to download immediately as they did for as long as I can remember? (Over a decade…)

Jay · Answer

Hi @ns01, it's possible that this could be related to the recent changes to the Mac OS Dropbox desktop application.

ns01 · Answer

Any thoughts, @Walter? Seems like what I'm really after is a solution that forces files to actually download when they're added.

ns01 · Answer

Without concrete evidence, I suspect that the solution for our automation woes lies in forcing Dropbox to actually automatically download new files instead of leaving them online only. At present, there doesn't seem to be a functioning option to do so on Mac.