Local to online Synch

[GermanRedrum]

I have a Macbook Pro 2017, updated Big Sur. My question is this:

I'd like to have the Dropbox folder on my mac, but when dragging a file there, to the local folder, I want it to be stored ONLINE and not local as well. Is there a way to do that?

Because that's why I bought Dropbox was to save room on my mac. And it's not doing what I thought it would. 

[Rich]

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@GermanRedrum wrote:

I'd like to have the Dropbox folder on my mac, but when dragging a file there, to the local folder, I want it to be stored ONLINE and not local as well. Is there a way to do that?

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The file needs to exist locally first to be able to sync to your account. Once the file has synced, you can use Smart Sync to mark it as Online-only and it will be removed from your local drive.