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Elyse g.2's avatar
Elyse g.2
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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Dropbox is creating multiple copies of my files and saving them to my now full hard drive.

I have a MacBook Air and do not keep a lot of large files (photos, music, movies, audio etc) on my hard drive. But the other day I got a message that I was out of disc storage! When I investigated i...
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  • Lifer10's avatar
    Lifer10
    9 years ago
    1. Click on the Dropbox icon in your menu bar or system tray.
    2. Click on the gear icon and then select Preferences.
    3. Click on the Sync icon at the top bar
    4. Unclick every folder marked and leave clicked the ones you want to synk on your computer. 
    5. Dropbox will erase every copy it made on your computer and will not longer create files on your hard drive.I

    I had the same problem and I just figured out how tofix it. Good Luck. 

     

    [This thread is now closed by moderators due to inactivity. If you're experiencing a similar behavior, feel free to start a new discussion in the Dropbox Community here.]

Tine J.'s avatar
Tine J.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hey guys.

I got the same problem.. but in my case, its dropbox and not macs drop box who are doing it.. Im going insane!

 

Users/Privat/ - and together with Desktop, Documents, Downloads, music, public and so on is my Dropbox - Dropbox (old (1)) and Dropbox (old (2)).

I can't work because dropbox takes all my space on my imac.. I believe that if I delete the folders I delete my dropbox content...

Please help.. I got clients who are waiting for there orders :(

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