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rwright
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I need some clarifications on the "manage hard drive space" section of the Dropbox preferences.

What does the above mean in the "manage hard drive space" section of my account? According to the way I sync my account everything is supposed to be stored online only, even though I constantly have ...
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rwright
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

/Users/.../Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox

 
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Walter
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2 years ago

Thanks for that piece of information too rwright 

 

Can you also ensure that the 'online only files on Mac' setting is toggled on in your account's settings and send us a screenshot of the properties of the Dropbox folder and one of the properties of an online-only folder of yours to check their sizes? 

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    rwright
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    The .dropbox you asked about yesterday is named 

     

     

     

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for the screenshots, rwright, and sorry for jumping in. 

     

    Can you send one more screenshot of what you see on this page, when scrolling down to the “Online-only files on Mac” section?

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    rwright
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

     

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Hmm, it doesn’t look like this is your General tab; can you click here and send me a screenshot of the setting I mentioned in my previous post?

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    rwright
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    that specific title states

     

     

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    2 years ago

    Hey rwright, would you mind enabling that feature to on, please? 

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    rwright
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    not sure how long it's supposed to take to go into effect 

     

     

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