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snakeeyes021
10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Storage limit changed twice in the past 30 minutes
I'm on a free account and have had 6gigs of capacity since 2015 (in 2013 I had some 24 month promotional storage; that ended in 2015 and I've been at 6gigs of capacity since then; I even still have t...
- 10 months ago
Ugh, I think this one's on me... at work we call it PEBCAK (problem exists between chair and keyboard). Well, partially on me. Dropbox is not without at least a small amount of blame, lol.
I was indeed telling the truth when I said I wasn't using any backups (I've since removed myself from one shared folder, so no longer over):But I was incorrect when I said I had 6gigs. Apparently, I've only ever had 5.75:
Thing is, the only reason I ever thought I had 6 is because that's what Dropbox told me 10 years ago, and I've been none the wiser for a decade...
Alas, if they can round, why can't I? š
snakeeyes021
10 months agoNew member | Level 1
Ugh, I think this one's on me... at work we call it PEBCAK (problem exists between chair and keyboard). Well, partially on me. Dropbox is not without at least a small amount of blame, lol.
I was indeed telling the truth when I said I wasn't using any backups (I've since removed myself from one shared folder, so no longer over):
But I was incorrect when I said I had 6gigs. Apparently, I've only ever had 5.75:
Thing is, the only reason I ever thought I had 6 is because that's what Dropbox told me 10 years ago, and I've been none the wiser for a decade...
Alas, if they can round, why can't I? š
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