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conalwn
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Getting a 'not enough Dropbox space' error, when I have plenty of space

Everyday I get this (see screenshot) on Mac Os when connecting any device to sync photos. "Not enough dropbox space" - Mac - But I have PLENTY of space.. and I see it on both of my macs but not my iphone (which indicates to me a poorly written client on mac).

Resolution: sign out and sign in again.. but that means setting up my profile again each time, choosing locations, and closing badges, and so on and so on - and this take a lot of time..  What's the real fix or workaround here? And why haven't dropbox fixed it.

Why on earth would I buy an upgraded plan when something as simple as this fails to function correctly..

Other tests I've tried: complete uninstall / reinstall.

 

  • Hi conalwn,

     

    I'm happy to hear that everything is back in working order! It's possible that your cache wasn't properly clearing upon signing out and back in, which is the usual operation that would clear out the cached files causing this error message. This problem seems to have resolved itself while we were investigating.

     

    For anyone else receiving this error message, sign out, then sign back in to clear your cached files. If that doesn't work, please let me know and we can take a deeper look!

     

    Regards,

    Ben

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