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rswc
Helpful | Level 5
3 months ago

How can I view my available space on the desktop app?

On my tool bar on my iMac I used to click on the DB icon & then my initial and it would show me "4.2 gb available out of 10". (for example).  Now (recently) it just shows "Your account has 10 GB stor...
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rswc
Helpful | Level 5
3 months ago

Thanks, Rich, I didn’t wanna have to actually go and login each time to check my balance.!

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Rich
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3 months ago
rswc wrote:

I didn’t wanna have to actually go and login each time to check my balance.

The only other option appears to be opening Preferences and going to the Accounts tab. Your usage is shown there, but it's listed as a percentage, rather than a size.

 

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