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File size difference between path Finder and Dropbox.
Hello,
I see significant file size differences between pathfinder and dropbox, why? Example : a .pptx file: on pathfinder's get info: 9.1MB, on dropbox 8.64MB
thank you
Jean-Charles M.1 wrote:...
Example : a .pptx file: on pathfinder's get info: 9.1MB, on dropbox 8.64MB...
Hi Jean-Charles M.1,
That's interesting topic. 🤔 A topic about digital information measurement units. You denoted both value as expressed with the same unit. Is it certain? 🧐 Did you check it? 😉
There are 2 main conceptions and both are widely used (sometimes denoted in the same way - something with potential to confuse). You may search for informational units in the web and you will find a lot of post. An example may be seen here. How do you think, what to what matches? 🙂 Express both values in Bytes (they are always the same) and you will see.
Hope this demystifies the above.
Thank you.
Both values are indeed express in MB.
😀Are you sure? Take a look again and don't believe in what's denoted - it comes from people, people make mistake!
By the way, on your info panel may be seen the file size expressed in Bytes (NOT MB). Try express this size in the both ways in MB and see what to what matches, as I said (keep in mind roundings there).
One more tip:
X MB = 9061659 / 1000 / 1000
Y MiB = 9061659 / 1024 / 1024
Again, what to what matches? 😉
Yes I am sure that both values are indeed express in MB. MB: " a unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,048,576 (220) bytes"
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey Jean-Charles M.1, the second screenshot is what you see when you right click the file in your Dropbox folder and click on "get info", right?
What do you see when you follow the same steps, but after downloading the same file from the Dropbox website to your computer?
