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Putzy
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago
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Dropbox files on my M1 Mac take up far more space than on an intel Mac or in the cloud.

So I have a new M1 Mac. With a 2TB SSD and I pay for 2TB of dropbox storage.   According to the app settings on my computer and also when on dropbox.com, I am using 1.57TB of my 2TB plan.   I...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    6 years ago

    If you still get this after rebooting your computer, the space might be taken up by the cache folder.

     

    Could you check if that's the case here Putzy?

Putzy's avatar
Putzy
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

BOOMTOWN.

 

350GB in cache. Now gone.

New cache is 50MB.

 

THANK YOU WALTER

 

 

Walter's avatar
Walter
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6 years ago

No biggie Putzy; I'm just glad we sorted this out in the end!

 

Enjoy the remainder of you week and see you around the Community :coffee:

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