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Applebox
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Uploading 50+gb files

I apoligize if this has been posted before but I only had limited time to look and didn't quite find what I wanted so here goes.  I wanted to upload a 60gb file (2k raw footage is a beast) for a co...
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Mark
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I'm afraid there is no other way to do it other than making enough space to put the file in the Dropbox directory. PLUS you will also need additional space for the cache as it syncs - so you are looking at needing 100gb or so of free space on your machine to upload unfortunately. 

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Doud
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
No clue for files > 50 Gb. This is a Dropbox limitation, whatever your plan.
Just crazy……

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