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Pookeyblow
Collaborator | Level 8
2 years ago

Dropbox removed "Save hard drive space automatically"

I thought "smart sync" was so that Dropbox automatically makes files I haven't used in a while online only. I don't see a smart sync option on my M1 Mac (macOS Monterey 12.1), but I have "Make onl...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    Hey all! 

     

    Just wanted to jump in here, and let you know that the option should be back, and all should work like they used to.

     

    Thanks a bunch! 😎

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Hannah
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Hey Visual Rhythm, thanks for the screenshot here.

 

If you keep running low on hard drive space, this feature will take effect, as there's no way to disable it at this time.

 

I will, however, pass your feedback along to our devs team, so thanks for telling us your thoughts about it.

yoyoyoyoyo27's avatar
yoyoyoyoyo27
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

I have 300gb free on my computer and it is still doing this.  I absolutely don't want dropbox making these decisions for me. If this can't be fixed soon, I will be off Dropbox. 

 

 

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