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Dropbox full because of shared folder
Hi, i have a dropbox account and the free space that i have is full because of the files inside the shared folder that i have with some friends.
Is there a way to avoid that the shared folder that ...
Your English is very good Michele - well done!
And no, if you need read write access to that folder if will use your quota. If you just need read only access leave the share and ask the other person sends you a read only Shared link.
You can LEAVE and REJOIN a shared folder when ever you like.
So one method of getting space is to LEAVE the shared folder. And REJOIN it when you need it.
If you ONLY need some files from the shared folder and ONLY at some times, I would additionally ask the owner of the shared folder for a LINK to it, in that way you can use the link to it and download via web the files you need when you need them.
Although I don't agree with Dropbox, and this is the primary reason I won't spring for Pro, I understand why they did this.
It's simple, really. Say, someone creates 10 free accounts. 10 x 2GB = 20GB. Now, that person, from each account shares a folder with his main account. That person just got more, free, space.
@Dave @Adam,
Guys guys, don't you think it's time to stop bickering and bury the hatchet? You're not getting anywhere in this discussion.
I'm getting out of this discussion anyway, making my final statement:
I understand what Dave is saying: you're paying for the USE (storage, bandwith, lookup etc) of files that are shared with you, not the storage.
And that's where we are disagreeing. Let's look at this analogy: someone says to me, if you want to borrow one of the great books I have in my extensive bookcase, feel free to do so. Dropbox way of handling this is having me pay for the complete collection of books that is provided to me, even if I've not even read or borrowed one of them. That's crazy. That's like having the library charge every customer for all the books they've got in storage.
If they want to charge me for every file I actually access, fine.
And now go play outside ;-)
grtz, Cors
