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KeyBlue's avatar
KeyBlue
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Online-Only Not Working?

Hi all, We're trying to move all files from a 2TB local networked hard drive to Dropbox. My first question is - Am I right in thinking that when I paste a file or folder into the local Dropbox fold...
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DianaWilliams's avatar
DianaWilliams
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Hi, 

I'm having issues wih this, my computer is now completely full even though I started with 'online only' from the beginning. I have manually set everything to online only again, and now my computer wont even sync because the dropbox took up all of my disk space. 

Help? I really need the space and need my files to be "online only", and it seems like the dropbox app doesn't want to work that way. 

Walter's avatar
Walter
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6 years ago

Hi DianaWilliams; sorry to hear about this.

Can you let me know your computer's exact OS and where you've spotted the discrepancy you mentioned? If possible, please send me a screenshot as well.

While at it, what's the desktop app's exact status as shown within your computer's system tray/menu bar? 

Let me know what you find and we'll take it from there Diana! 

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