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VahidM
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4 years ago
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Dropbox is syncing my Document directory, why?

Hi, DropBox keep telling me that I ran out of my 2gb storage. The directory /Document/foo/ is the only one that I set DropBox on my Mac to sync, and that is about 600mb. I see in my web view, t...
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    Megan
    4 years ago

    Hey VahidM, thanks for the info! 

     

    Based on the info, it look that Backup has been enabled. Also, it's important to note, that since the "foo" folder directory is in your Documents , also the parent directory would sync too.

     

    If you check your selective sync settings, you can't simlpy uncheck just the Documents folder, without "foo" also getting unchecked. 

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Megan
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4 years ago

Hey VahidM, thanks for the info! 

 

Based on the info, it look that Backup has been enabled. Also, it's important to note, that since the "foo" folder directory is in your Documents , also the parent directory would sync too.

 

If you check your selective sync settings, you can't simlpy uncheck just the Documents folder, without "foo" also getting unchecked. 

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VahidM
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Thanks for your help, I have started cleaning up a little to bring the size below 2gb.

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