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Ino4's avatar
Ino4
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

I migrated my files to a new Mac, but they all show as 0 bytes. How can I delete them?

I always worked on a pc. Now I finally bought a Mac desktop. I tried to migrate files (obviously in a wrong way) and it looked perfect but they all are 0 bytes. But they all have the correct name. If...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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3 months ago

Hi Ino4! Thanks for your post here.

To have a clearer image of what may have happened, can you clarify how exactly you migrated those files over to your new Mac computer? 

I’d also like a screenshot of how they appear when you open your local Dropbox folder there.

Let me know when you’re ready, and I’ll have a closer look.

  • Ino4's avatar
    Ino4
    New member | Level 2
    3 months ago

    Nancy, I thought about this: copy all maps and files to an extern hard disk, then delete all corrupted files in Dropbox and re-upload everything.  Is that an idea?

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
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      3 months ago

      Yes, it sounds good to me Ino4.

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