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foriforifori
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10 months ago

Online only option isn't working on Mac OS

Hey all,   I've recently had some trouble with Dropbox files taking up hundreds of GBs on my Mac's internal storage. When I select "Make file online-only," nothing happens. My Dropbox version is ...
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foriforifori
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

hey jay,

some of the files do have cloud icons, others have the locally synced check, but 99% don’t have any thing next to it.

thanks

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    Jay
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for the info. Files without any sync icons could mean that they're 'available', so this means they would switch to online-only if the computer is running out of space.

    Could you try marking the files and folders again as online-only and let me know how it goes?

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