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Deeps's avatar
Deeps
New member | Level 2
9 months ago

Storage space shows much higher usage 2.8GB than actual files sizes 0.2GB

I have perhaps 50 Word and Excel files and some pdfs in my Dropbox. Largest file is and 85,000 word doc that is 400kb. If we assume all 50 files are this size that is 20,000 kb or 0.2GB. Yet I keep g...
Storage space
  • maher1982's avatar
    maher1982
    9 months ago

    Hello Deeps,

    Would you mind checking the Backups page and letting me know what it reports ?

    It would also be helpful if you could verify your Personal Dropbox space on this page . If possible.

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maher1982
Icon for Super User rankSuper User
9 months ago

Hello Deeps,

Would you mind checking the Backups page and letting me know what it reports ?

It would also be helpful if you could verify your Personal Dropbox space on this page . If possible.

  • Deeps's avatar
    Deeps
    New member | Level 2
    9 months ago

    Thanks so much maher1982. Looks like my Mac had sometime ago backed up there but its unlinked. That accounts for the overflow and some. Thanks again. I have a lot to learn.

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