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scotthatton
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Online-only files are being redownloaded again

Let's presume I wish to save space on my PC by making a file online only. I

I'll show the steps.

 

1 - I create a brand new video file. This isn't a small file - 3Gb or so

2 - I move it into a Dropbox-linked directory

3 - It uploads and, at my broadband speed, this takes an hour or so

4 - Once it's fully uploaded, I right-click that file and choose "Online only". It goes grey for a few seconds so I assume it's now online only.

5 - A couple of seconds later, I get a message that the file is "Downloading". Indeed as are many other files in that directory now.

6 - In time, my PC disk space shows 0 bytes left and that "Dropbox has stopped syncing. Please create more space by making files online only."

7 - Grrr

 

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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    2 years ago

    Does that happens on a specific set of folders, or all of them scotthatton!

     

    Did you notice when this first started happening? 

     

    Feel free to share a few screenshots with us, if you have any. It'd help us get the visual too. 

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