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Is there a way for emptying Camera Upload without having it delete from everywhere it has synced?
I had camera upload functioning, without realising how much space it takes on dropbox. I have now disabled it, so it won't auto upload and sync. I will now manually download photos, etc.
However, I...
Thanks for the additional information TheGaffer13 - how are you today?
Can you please let me know if you have tried to do this with a file only - just as a test to see what this kind of action actually does?
Give this a go and let me know the results.
Additionally, the message/warning you're seeing is referring to your Dropbox account (all places mean from all devices that are linked to your account and the website respectively).
Moreover, as iPhoto is deprecated since 2015 I'd also advise to double check this with Apple too.
In any case, keep me posted on your findings!
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey there TheGaffer13 - could you please elaborate on what exactly you'd like to accomplish as I think I am missing something here?
From what I understand you'd like to delete your photos that were automatically uploaded to your account which then in turn synced with the 3rd party app(s) you use like iPhoto to free up space on your Dropbox account while simultaneously keeping those files synced with your iPhoto library.
Is that correct?
That's it exactly - am getting a notice that my dropbox is nearly full, and I saw that the Camera Upload is the largest folder. But all the folders are synced into my laptop (am a Mac user, so it's synced to iPhoto). When I deleted one from dropbox/camera uploads, I had a warning that it would delete from anywhere it was synced to. I didn't want that to happen, so I've left the photos in Camera Upload, but I don't need them there, as I have them on the laptop, which is backed up regularly.
Cheers!
- Walter
Thanks for the additional information TheGaffer13 - how are you today?
Can you please let me know if you have tried to do this with a file only - just as a test to see what this kind of action actually does?
Give this a go and let me know the results.
Additionally, the message/warning you're seeing is referring to your Dropbox account (all places mean from all devices that are linked to your account and the website respectively).
Moreover, as iPhoto is deprecated since 2015 I'd also advise to double check this with Apple too.
In any case, keep me posted on your findings!
Thank you - I did a single-photo test, and the photo was not deleted from my laptop, so I was able to empty the camera upload folder, which will hopefully leave me with more storage space. Thanks again.
- Walter
Glad I could help TheGaffer13!
Should you have any more questions, please let me know.
Thank you for using Dropbox and have a lovely day too.
Cheers!
