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21
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
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Not enough space on computer

I really like the convenience of the dropbox app and I understand that to enjoy this feature my dropbox files must take room on my computer's storage as well. However, is there a way for some files o...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago
    Sort of.

    You can create empty folders on your machine and selective sync off, or, you can upload in batches and have an already created Selective Sync folder which once the files have uploaded you use the web interface to move the folder in to the un-sync'd one. That then deletes it locally.
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Crotonmark
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Mark - sorry but I dont understand

How can I use the 1TB of space that I purchased from Dropbox?

I will NEVER have 1 TB of space avail in my Mac

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Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
9 years ago
Via Selective Sync as I linked to earlier on (www.dropbox.com/help/175).

I'm also on a Mac and have everything I 'need' syncing to it without issue. The rest I have sync'd to Dropbox but not on my machine. For example I have archived data from previous years accounts/classes taught (I'm a teacher) as well as all the ISO's and software installations I only occasionally need stored online but not my machine.
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    Crotonmark
    Explorer | Level 4
    9 years ago

    Yes. I thought of that but the 500gb I want to upload is on an external drive so it's not on my Mac.  I understand that selective sync has to be on the machine before you uncheck the box to not sync it down. Am I wrong?

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      9 years ago
      Sort of.

      You can create empty folders on your machine and selective sync off, or, you can upload in batches and have an already created Selective Sync folder which once the files have uploaded you use the web interface to move the folder in to the un-sync'd one. That then deletes it locally.
      • Crotonmark's avatar
        Crotonmark
        Explorer | Level 4
        9 years ago
        Thanks. The real issue is also that the upload speed is so slow

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