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Graphicsco
Explorer | Level 3
5 days ago

Files aren't set online-only automatically when copying files from an external NAS to my Mac.

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Rich's avatar
Rich
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5 days ago
Graphicsco wrote:

If this setting is offered, and turned to online-only (it literally says: You set this to online-only so new files will not take up space on your harddrive) then why is is still using all the space on my MacBook?

That's not how that setting works. It's for files that sync down to your computer from the cloud, added via the website or other devices. It has no effect for files you add to your local Dropbox folder. Those will always be marked as Available Offline until you mark them as Online-only yourself.

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