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idontknowhatimdoing
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Increase of 200GB internal storage space and AirDrop transfers intermittent

Hello,    Since the most recent Dropbox update, I've noticed that roughly 200GB's worth of storage has miraculously become available on my MacBook's internal SSD. This space wasn't available prior ...
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idontknowhatimdoing's avatar
idontknowhatimdoing
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Update: I removed the Downloads folder from my Dropbox Backup and AirDrop is working again. Not ideal for obvious reasons, but at least the functionality is there again.

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    Nancy
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    3 years ago

    Hey idontknowhatimdoing, sorry for jumping in. 

     

    If you’d like to make your files available offline once more, you can directly right click on them, and there should be the relevant option to do so via the dropdown menu.

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      idontknowhatimdoing
      Helpful | Level 6
      3 years ago

      Hi Nancy, 

       

      Yes, I can see that option. However, the chances of making this change to every online-only file is very slim. Is there a setting to make this change on a system level?

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        Nancy
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        3 years ago

        If you’d like all of your Dropbox files to be available offline, you can right click on the local Dropbox folder directly and select the relevant option. 

         

        The desktop app should then start downloading your files.

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