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My Dropbox app keeps indexing files and I'm running out of hard drive space
I was running out of room on my MacBook Air (2 TB, Sonoma 14.7.8) and was told to make all Dropbox folders Online only to free up storage. It started indexing and freed up almost 1 TB so I was happy ...
Vicker
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Super UserHi, Mark Kroll ,
It looks like you have too many files in your Dropbox. There are a few ways you could relieve the situation.
Using the Dropbox Selective Sync feature to unselect some less likely to be used items so they are not synced to your computer at all. Note that this is different from the Online Only function.
Selective sync overview: Sync or unsync folders from your desktop from Dropbox Help
https://help.dropbox.com/sync/selective-sync-overview
Another technique I use regularly as a housekeeping exercise is to compress some of the old folders that contain thousands of files into a ZIP file, so they become 1 single item to sync.
Cheers
Vicker
Vicker
Thanks for the great suggestion re ZIPing. I ZIP a large number of high-population folders but that did not solve the problem. Can I selective sync folders on my 2 TB laptop without affecting the sync on my 4 TN desktop?
