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peter ashworth
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
Solved

why is Dropbox showing me using 5.3Gb when i am actually only using 736Mb?

i have n to used Dropbox in about  DECADE before recently starting to use it again   i have the basic 2Gb + extra storage offered to me in the past for actions, raising it to 7.8Gb   imagine my s...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    We appreciate the feedback on this matter. We take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox site and services.

peter ashworth's avatar
peter ashworth
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

ell i am stuffed

seems that because i am still running an olde MacPro mid-2010 running OSX10.13.6 i cannot install the Dropbox app to my computer, so cannot delete the BACKUP i maybe last saw over 2 decades ago

peter ashworth's avatar
peter ashworth
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

well i do now have a working app on my olde desktop but double clicking on it just opens up the regular Dropbox, and doesn’t allow me to do anything like delete the BACKUP folder

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