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

Can you also check if there are any incompatible characters in the names of the files within the folder, that might not be syncing on the Windows computer, causing the discrepancy?

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

    We found 2 incompatible file names, will see if this helps

     

    Thanks

    • Megan's avatar
      Megan
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      2 years ago

      Keep an eye on it NathanHi, and don't forget to keep us posted.

       

      Thank you! 

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

        Thanks for your help we are monitoring .

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