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SpudupS1946-Dragon
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Please help me stop an automated upload-process. It began after linking my new Laptop.

Hello,    Yes ... although this email is about Storage Space, as you will see below; there are good reasons I will NOT upgrade yet! Why? Basically because, important issues about transparency and t...
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SpudupS1946-Dragon
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Jay,

I omitted to point out an ambiguity - cos you didn't specify which file-source to obtain that data from. So I now clarify what I did.

 

The 3 screen-shots I just sent to you (above), were from photo files – now on Dropbox. Which were uploaded there by an automated system.

 

In other words, “that specific image” you wanted, was obtained from there – using “Properties”. Not from files still on my laptop!

 

From GraemeH

 

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey SpudupS1946-Dragon, you most probably have enabled the Camera Uploads feature, but let's make sure.

 

If you select one of those photos and follow the steps here to locate its version history, do you see the name of the device the photo was added from?

 

Is it the computer you're currently using?

 

If it is, try following the steps in this article, to see if you can disable that feature and let us know how it went.

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