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Pookeyblow
2 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Dropbox removed "Save hard drive space automatically"
I thought "smart sync" was so that Dropbox automatically makes files I haven't used in a while online only. I don't see a smart sync option on my M1 Mac (macOS Monterey 12.1), but I have "Make onl...
- 2 years ago
Hey all!
Just wanted to jump in here, and let you know that the option should be back, and all should work like they used to.
Thanks a bunch! 😎
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey Visual Rhythm, thanks for the screenshot here.
If you keep running low on hard drive space, this feature will take effect, as there's no way to disable it at this time.
I will, however, pass your feedback along to our devs team, so thanks for telling us your thoughts about it.
Visual Rhythm
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
1. I can handle my own storage. I don’t need Dropbox to do it for me.
2. I have 1.2TB available. It’s still doing it.
2. I have 1.2TB available. It’s still doing it.
- Dliver2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
+1 for this, i also absolutely hate it and would like to be able to disable this feature!
- themoves2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Completely agree, this is costing me to pointlessly waste time managing files and googling for solutions to a problem that shouldn't even exist. I can manage my own storage, and the idea of "low disk space" is completely arbitrary as I have no idea how it decides what "low" even means. This "feature" needs to be OPTIONAL.
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