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Whitecold
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Dropbox generating excessive cache files

I have an issue with Dropbox 166.4.2920 on macOS 12.0.1 Dropbox keeps generating utterly excessive cache files, 114GB currently on a folder that has 3.3GB of actual contents. How can I force Dropbox...
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zhp3nn's avatar
zhp3nn
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

same issue drive me crazy. 700gb, I have 2 tb storage, cache take me 700gb, afterdelete, few days later, 700gb again.

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hey zhp3nn, thanks for posting here today! 

 

Would you be able to share some of the info my colleagues asked in this thread such as: if you've enabled full disc access to the device, or the OS you're using? 

 

While we're at it, I'd also love to know the version of the Dropbox app that you're using, and when did you start encountering this issue?

 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!

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