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Suddenly used 1,100% of my allowed space
I have 16 gb of space earned by referrals. I had 7.6 gb of data stored. I kept receiving threatening messages I had suddenly used 1,100% of my allowed space. I repeatedly confirmed that I had on 7...
- YES… I found it. you are correct… operator error. All is well. Thanks to all of you shepherding this error and cleanup. So happy to have Dropbox functioning again. Thanks again
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi gain, wasting-time!
When you have the Dropbox desktop app installed, once you plug in an external drive, usually a pop-up window shows up, asking you if you'd like to back up the drive to your Dropbox; I'm assuming that's how you initially backed it up.
If you do want to use the Dropbox folder to sync your files, you'll still need the Dropbox application, so if you no longer have it, you'll need to install it again.
Once it's installed, you should be able to go to the "Backups" tab in the preferences and ask the app not to give you these kinds of pop-ups when you plug in an external drive.
YES… I found it. you are correct… operator error. All is well. Thanks to all of you shepherding this error and cleanup. So happy to have Dropbox functioning again. Thanks again
