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Dennis_Zuiderlicht
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Dropbox uses a ton of hard drive space despite most files being online only
So, I've put ALL my files on online-only because my Mac was running out of space.
In my Mac settings, Dropbox takes up 108 GB currently. Once I actually look at what folders are taking up space it'...
- 2 years ago
Is it possible that the hidden Dropbox cache folder is taking up space on your machine?
Try deleting the folder using these steps to see if this helps.
Jay
2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi Dennis_Zuiderlicht, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Could you confirm the exact size of the Dropbox folder by right clicking on it and using 'Get info'?
A screenshot of this, while hiding personal info and usernames would be great.
This will help me to assist further!
- Dennis_Zuiderlicht2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hey Jay (once again ;-),
I made a screenshot of the main Dropbox folder, and also all of those folders within that.
Blurred out everything I needed to.
- Jay2 years agoDropbox Staff
Is it possible that the hidden Dropbox cache folder is taking up space on your machine?
Try deleting the folder using these steps to see if this helps.
- webatbcp_on_db2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
I have recently selected "online only" for nearly all my files that have been stored both on my MacBook Pro and on Dropbox so as to provide more space on my MBP hard drive. When I started this process, I had only 4.7% of the hard drive available and now after about 18 hours of syncing, I have only 2.5% remaining. I would have expected that of the hard drive space, the amount available would have increased not decreased. Why is this happening?
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