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Pookeyblow's avatar
Pookeyblow
Collaborator | Level 8
3 years ago
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Dropbox removed "Save hard drive space automatically"

I thought "smart sync" was so that Dropbox automatically makes files I haven't used in a while online only. I don't see a smart sync option on my M1 Mac (macOS Monterey 12.1), but I have "Make onl...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    3 years ago

    Hey all! 

     

    Just wanted to jump in here, and let you know that the option should be back, and all should work like they used to.

     

    Thanks a bunch! đŸ˜Ž

Visual Rhythm's avatar
Visual Rhythm
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
1. I can handle my own storage. I don’t need Dropbox to do it for me.
2. I have 1.2TB available. It’s still doing it.
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themoves
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Completely agree, this is costing me to pointlessly waste time managing files and googling for solutions to a problem that shouldn't even exist. I can manage my own storage, and the idea of "low disk space" is completely arbitrary as I have no idea how it decides what "low" even means. This "feature" needs to be OPTIONAL.

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