- Dropbox, community.dropbox.com
- File Provider – related
- Expected changes with Dropbox on File Provider
help.dropbox.com/installs/macos-support-for-expected-changes - Support for Dropbox on File Provider
help.dropbox.com/installs/dropbox-for-macos-support#How-to-opt-out-of-Dropbox-on-File-Provider - has Dropbox changed use of ~/Library/CloudStorage
search.brave.com/search?q=has+Dropbox+changed+use+of+~%2FLibrary%2FCloudStorage - search.brave.com/search?q=apple+file+provider+dropbox&source=desktop
- search.brave.com/search?q=how+to+figure+out+which+files+are+being+synced+apple+file+provider
- Expected changes with Dropbox on File Provider
- in “Dropbox Extensions”, I got multiple things to set on/off – “File Provider, “Dropbox”, “Dropbox Finder Extension” (which is actually OFF), and “Sharing” – what’s each of these good for?
search.brave.com/search?q=in+%22Dropbox+Extensions%22%2C+I+got+multiple+things+to+set+on%2Foff+-+%22File+Provider%2C+%22Dropbox%22%2C+%22Dropbox+Finder+Extension%22+%28which+is+actually+OFF%29%2C+and+%22Sharing%22+-+what%27s+each+of+these+good+for%3F - Other questions
- figure why “syncing”
community.dropbox.com/en/search?domain=discussions&query=figure%20why%20%22syncing%22&scope=site&categoryIDs[0]=2&includeChildCategories=true&source=community - command to check if a file is downloaded –
community.dropbox.com/en/search?domain=discussions&query=command%20to%20check%20if%20a%20file%20is%20downloaded&scope=site&categoryIDs[0]=2&includeChildCategories=true&source=community - community.dropbox.com/en/discussion/comment/591774#Comment_591774?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=command+to+check+if+a+file+is+downloaded
- community.dropbox.com/en/discussion/860355/dropbox-sync-stuck-forever-no-idea-why?tab=all#latest
- figure why “syncing”
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Apple’s File Provider framework in general
- Personal chat: chatgpt.com/c/69e3afa3-fa04-83ea-8a70-fc594dd578be
- how to figure out which files are being synced apple file provider
- ‘fileproviderctl status’ does not have a status option
- macOS also fails brctl log –wait –shorten
- I simply want to have a reliable means to check status on one given file. Why is this so ridiculously complicated?
- Seriously?! Two issues: 1) All the above does NOT work. Tried on two different files, file that IS fully downloaded, one that is NOT (at all), i iCloud storage. All tests shows identical values. 2) Even if not any standard tool, surely there must be SOME means – low-level library call, that someone has created a utility around, and made globally available (in e.g. github). Anyone that writes (e.g.) Folder Actions, that require fully downloaded file for successful operation, needs a tool like I am asking for. And I can’t believe I’m the first one looking for such tool.
- Ok, finally, something actually usable.