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NathanHi's avatar
NathanHi
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Unusual data/bandwidth usage and storage

We currently have two laptops running Dropbox and sharing the same folder.    The first laptop is a Mac running Monterey 12.4. This computer shows the shared file as being 60.15gb and using 3.6% ...
desktop
Storage space
NathanHi's avatar
NathanHi
Explorer | Level 3

Hi Hannah,

 

Each computer has it's own account. It is a shared folder, between two different accounts.

 

The windows computer only has this folder in it's dropbox account.

 

Sync and version details are

Mac - 179.4.4985 and up to date

Windows - 179.4.4917 and up to date

 

Thanks

Hannah's avatar
Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Thanks for this info, Nathan!

 

Does updating the Dropbox app on the Windows computer to the most recent version help in any way?

  • NathanHi's avatar
    NathanHi
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    We will try updating, however the app was only installed on the windows computer 10 days ago

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