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endgamezs162
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Why can't I upload 500GB of files to a 3TB Drive?

Hello,  I seemingly cannot upload 435GB of videos to a 3TB Dropbox Drive. I just recently bought a plan of Dropbox Professional 2 hours ago, and my plan still says Basic, but it also says I have 3TB...
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    endgamezs162
    2 years ago

    Never mind, I found that you can drag and drop via Explorer to Website instead of Explorer to Explorer.

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Mark
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2 years ago

Are you sure it isnt that your computer is saying you dont have enough space? Dropbox is just a regular folder on your device like any other - you can (after upload) make things online only but at least initially you need the space to upload

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    endgamezs162
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Never mind, I found that you can drag and drop via Explorer to Website instead of Explorer to Explorer.

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      Mark
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      2 years ago

      endgamezs162 

       

      If you do that please double and triple check all uploads! 

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