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Ben D.15
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9 years ago
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Dropbox online size differs from desktop

I have moved my entire photo / video storage into the cloud.....my folder on my mac is 144.05GB. Online the Dropbox site tells me I have used 134.1 GB........this obviously makes me rather nervous as to what is missing.

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago
    Has it finished uploading yet?

    There will be a slight discrepancy as Mac's count 1gb as 1000 mb's whereas Dropbox counts it (correctly) as 1024 mb's.
  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    9 years ago
    Has it finished uploading yet?

    There will be a slight discrepancy as Mac's count 1gb as 1000 mb's whereas Dropbox counts it (correctly) as 1024 mb's.
    • Ben D.15's avatar
      Ben D.15
      New member | Level 2
      9 years ago

      On my Mac it says 143,983,511,223 Bytes (144.05GB)

       

      Online my sapce used is 134.1GB

       

      ......everything has a green tick next in my folders

      • Mark's avatar
        Mark
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        9 years ago
        I think its safe to assume its all uploaded.

        To be sure why not do a random sample to check random folders and files?

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