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NatD
New member | Level 2
2 months ago

Unable to upload into shared folder even though plenty of space

I went on a horse trek and the organser sent me a link to a shared dropbox with a folder assigned to each of the 9 trekkers to upload images. I can enter this dropbox and view and download other peop...
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Rich
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2 months ago
NatD wrote:

Unable to uploading into shared folder even though plenty of space

Do YOU have plenty of space? You're not uploading to the other person's account.

 

If you're a member of a shared folder you have your own copy of the share in your account, taking up space, and you need enough available space in your account to hold everything in the share, including what you upload.

 

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