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DHK's avatar
DHK
Collaborator | Level 8
1 month ago

Apps create conflicted recursive copies of their contents filling my drive

Application Affected Dropbox  Device Various Macs Operating System/Browser (if using the web) macOS Tahoe 26.2 and various Macs on lower versions Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 238.4.6...
Apple
desktop
Mac
Storage space
sync
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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1 month ago

Thanks for letting us know about this, DHK.

Generally, conflicted copies happen when files get edited by multiple computers at the same time.

Can you take a look at this article and let me know if something like that is happening?

Also, what do you see when you hover over the Dropbox icon in your menu bar?

Let me know what you find.

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