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pprofpopp
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5 months ago
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Manage hard drive space option is missing in my OSX avatar

Manage hard drive space option is missing in my OSX avatar.   How do I make all of my dropbox files online only to save disk space.  I don't want to have to right click ONE file at a time.  thanks....
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    Rich
    5 months ago
    pprofpopp wrote:

    In Dropbox webpage when I select 'all files', there is no 'Make online option' either. Cant see any option like that in any settings or preferences.

    You do this when looking at your files and folders within your local Dropbox folder, in Finder. The following screenshot is from Windows, but the idea is the same.

     

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pprofpopp
Explorer | Level 3
5 months ago

Thanks Rich, but no joy.  When I select all in my osX menu bar Drobbox there is no 'Make Online only' option.

In Dropbox webpage when I select 'all files', there is no 'Make online option' either.  Cant see any option like that in any settings or preferences.  Thanks. Philip.   see screenshots.  sorry, I can't seem to add a screenshot here â˜č

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Rich
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5 months ago
pprofpopp wrote:

In Dropbox webpage when I select 'all files', there is no 'Make online option' either. Cant see any option like that in any settings or preferences.

You do this when looking at your files and folders within your local Dropbox folder, in Finder. The following screenshot is from Windows, but the idea is the same.

 

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    pprofpopp
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 months ago

    Thanks a lot.   Finally got it to work.  I hope.   This didn’t work when ‘all files’ was selected.   No online only option then.   But when I selected a batch of files/folders at a time it did show that option đŸ€ȘđŸ€ȘđŸ€Ș.   Seems really clunky.   I’m sure that somewhere in Dropbox there must be a setting or option that says ‘store all files online only’.   Somewhere.   Thanks again for help all.  Philip

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