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VaughanS
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
MacOS Dropbox folder location change and free disk space discrepancy
Apparently Apple started requiring File Providers like Dropbox to move their folders to ~user/library/cloudstorage, leaving only a folder alias at the original location. This caused problems in the b...
VaughanS
Explorer | Level 3
I meant offline. Sorry!
VaughanS
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
OK, all's updated and works well. I'm still curious why Finder reports 171 GB of free disk space and PathFinder 133.5 GB.
- VaughanS2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
The dropbox folder in cloudstorage is 47.1 GB so that only partially accounts for the free space difference. Disk Utility also reports 133.5 GB free. What's the problem with the Mac Finder?
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