So will this ever be available for paying customers that aren't on a business plan? If not, that is incredibly frustrating.
I pay for their service every month. I am not a business, so why should I pay more to have a feature that should be standard? Plus loads of features I don't want or need?
Smart Sync is available in early access for Dropbox Business users. It is not yet available for individual accounts.
Maybe they are rolling it out to Business customers first because they think they can provide better support to them?
I've had Smart Sync (Infinite) on my personal Dropbox account for a long time. It is awesome. When I recently added Dropbox to a new computer it started with all the files "in the cloud". It was so nice to have all my files available in the Finder and from command line, but not have to sync my whole Dropbox.
Could be also just a way to push people towards business edition. This is a pain point when you have lots of data in the Dropbox folder. Managing things with the current "selective sync" is painful and if you have lots of data, the full sync may take ages.
This is handy for example for the use case that you travel with clean laptop and sync needed stuff at the destination.
Another point - even if you want to consider yourself a business ( 10$ instead of $8.25 at this stage why not ), the business plan starts at minimum 5 users ( you can use less user, but you are still charged for 5 ) FYI if you are ever tempted to try this free 30 days upgrade of your pro account that is always 1 click away.
i am a regular customer who just uses Dropbox free without paying to any individual or business plan and I could access Paper. So yes you should be able to access.
They have had Selective Sync on desktop for a while for Pro non business users. I've been using it for at least 6 months.
Let's you pick folders to not load locally. BUT it isn't the same as this new feature, just close.
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So will this ever be available for paying customers that aren't on a business plan? If not, that is incredibly frustrating.
I pay for their service every month. I am not a business, so why should I pay more to have a feature that should be standard? Plus loads of features I don't want or need?
The FAQ[1] says:
Maybe they are rolling it out to Business customers first because they think they can provide better support to them?
I've had Smart Sync (Infinite) on my personal Dropbox account for a long time. It is awesome. When I recently added Dropbox to a new computer it started with all the files "in the cloud". It was so nice to have all my files available in the Finder and from command line, but not have to sync my whole Dropbox.
[1] https://www.dropbox.com/help/9293
Could be also just a way to push people towards business edition. This is a pain point when you have lots of data in the Dropbox folder. Managing things with the current "selective sync" is painful and if you have lots of data, the full sync may take ages.
This is handy for example for the use case that you travel with clean laptop and sync needed stuff at the destination.
Agreed. If anything, it should Pro first since individuals are more likely to accept the unpolished nature of new features.
Another point - even if you want to consider yourself a business ( 10$ instead of $8.25 at this stage why not ), the business plan starts at minimum 5 users ( you can use less user, but you are still charged for 5 ) FYI if you are ever tempted to try this free 30 days upgrade of your pro account that is always 1 click away.
The same goes for their OCR full-text search which (I think) is only available to business customers (and not „regular“ paying customers).
EDIT: source (at the very bottom) https://www.dropbox.com/help/9244
i am a regular customer who just uses Dropbox free without paying to any individual or business plan and I could access Paper. So yes you should be able to access.
This is not about Paper.
oops. looks like added to the wrong article.
They have had Selective Sync on desktop for a while for Pro non business users. I've been using it for at least 6 months. Let's you pick folders to not load locally. BUT it isn't the same as this new feature, just close.