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alanS
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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Mac seems to think HD is full of DropBox files?

I'm using a Mac and have about 100Gb of DropBox folders, many are local on my HD as well (I have DropBox Plus 2Tb plan). I went through and changed all files to online only (grey icon) and now my D...
desktop
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    4 years ago

    Hey alanS, sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that this space might be taken up by the cache folder that Dropbox creates on your computer.

     

    If the desktop app has finished syncing and it's 'up to date' in your menu bar, you could try deleting it to free up some hard drive space.

     

    Let me know if this helps, Alan.

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Walter
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4 years ago

Hey alanS, sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that this space might be taken up by the cache folder that Dropbox creates on your computer.

 

If the desktop app has finished syncing and it's 'up to date' in your menu bar, you could try deleting it to free up some hard drive space.

 

Let me know if this helps, Alan.

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alanS
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Thanks for all the replies...in fact the confusion may have been on my end...I have a large Lightroom preview folder which is using a huge amount of space but I think the initial problem was not having the "Online only files on Mac" unchecked..giving me the impression that DropBox was using a lot more space than it was.

Thank you all!

 

Alan.

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