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idontknowhatimdoing
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2 years ago

Increase of 200GB internal storage space and AirDrop transfers intermittent

Hello,    Since the most recent Dropbox update, I've noticed that roughly 200GB's worth of storage has miraculously become available on my MacBook's internal SSD. This space wasn't available prior ...
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Hi idontknowhatimdoing, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Regarding the AirDrop issue, are you referring to this behavior?

 

Is it possible that some files have moved to an online-only status? Have you recently upgraded to the latest version of Mac OS, and the Dropbox desktop application?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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idontknowhatimdoing
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
Hey Jay,

Yes, that is exactly the issue I’m experiencing with AirDrop.

In regards to the storage issue, I’m not entirely sure if certain files/directories have been set to online-only. I certainly don’t remember purposely enabling this feature when updating to the latest version of Dropbox.

I’m using the latest version of MacOS Ventura on an M1 Pro MacBook Pro and have the latest version of Dropbox Desktop installed.
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    It's likely that some files have moved to online-only status, or space was just freed up since the upgrade to the newer version of the Dropbox desktop application for Mac OS.

    • idontknowhatimdoing's avatar
      idontknowhatimdoing
      Helpful | Level 6
      2 years ago
      Is there a way to prevent files/folders being online-only? Doesn’t seem like a hugely helpful feature for my workflow

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