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Brucknerphile
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2 years ago

Mac Finder continues to show large size of Dropbox Folder despite everything being online-only

Hi, everyone. Thanks in advance for your help, wisdom, and support.   I have a problem several others have experienced, but none of the solutions I found here seem to be working. Simply put, I ha...
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Brucknerphile
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi, Hannah,

 

Again, thank you for your help with this.

 

I have rebooted several times since changing the toggle to "online only Mac files," with no effect. As you instructed, I downloaded a few folders ("make available offline") and then changed them to online only. I'm afraid there was no difference, and I continued to check Finder space, etc., to see if anything was happening.

 

I'm happy to try whatever else you think might be helpful. I appreciate any help you can provide.

 

JS

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Brucknerphile
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
Hi, everyone. This is peculiar. I received an email informing me that someone had contributed to this conversation, but I see no new messages or responses? As it is the weekend, I didn’t expect any action until tomorrow. Have I missed something? Please get back. BTW, the problem from the original post persists. Many thanks.

JS

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