Folio Builder: Must Upload to Review?

I'm in the process of putting together my first folio using the new DPS. It appears that I'm forced to upload my entire folio, including all articles and multimedia, before I can even review it on my machine.
Seems I should be able to assemble and preview the folio before having to upload. I'm using a lot of media and it is incredibly disruptive to the workflow to have to sit around and wait for videos, etc... to upload for each article. When using Mag+ I can review on my machine or even on my iPad at anytime without uploading everything to a server.
Am I missing something? Or do I really need to upload everything before reviewing?
Many thanks in advance.
Digital Cargo

^ Beat me to it. There is also a "Folio Preview" under the File menu in InDesign for the current document. Just hope you are among those who don't have content disappearing between the preview and upload to device!
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The Upload has Failed. [Content.Error.contentRead]
This message has often been tied to very large uploads timing out with our service.
When you upload a folio normally, it will attempt to build the folio and upload it. Yet the upload process is waiting on the completion of the Folio and if it takes a long time to complete, can time out and present this message.
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