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My Dropbox folder takes up 1 TB of hard drive space when I only have 210 GB in my account
I have a 2T plan on my Mac the dropbox folder is taking up 1.02 T. on line when I look at my account it says:
Regular files (208.31 GB)
Shared files (1.08 GB)
Unused space (1.8...
- Thank you for the reply what am I reading wrong it says shared files 1.08 gig and 1.8 gig free?
Thank you Mark for you comment. One more question - everyone should be able to view documents within folders I share, regardless of whether they have a dropbox account (and limited storage on their personal account) or not correct?
Rich
Super User II
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lwalker0312 wrote:
One more question - everyone should be able to view documents within folders I share, regardless of whether they have a dropbox account (and limited storage on their personal account) or not correct?
If you're using a shared folder, no. Each member of a shared folder needs their own account and enough available space in their account to hold the entire folder. If you only want to provide view-only access without the need for a Dropbox account, send a view-only shared link instead.
