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khinkeh
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Keeping Online-Only files at DropBox Due to Insufficient Local Storage

Please point out where I have gone wrong: At Setting/General, Online-only files on Mac set to “ON” as per appendix 1 At Finder (Mac), Open the Dropbox folder, Right-click the file or folder you'd ...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    Hey khinkeh, thanks for posting on our Community and sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

     

    Can you please confirm that you've set your files to be online only on your machine following these steps? You could also tell by taking a look at the syncing icons of the files inside your Dropbox folder.

     

    If you have already set them to be online only and the desktop app is 'up to date' in your menu bar and not still syncing, you could also try clearing the cache folder.

     

    Let me know of any updates!

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Walter
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
3 years ago

Hey khinkeh, thanks for posting on our Community and sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

Can you please confirm that you've set your files to be online only on your machine following these steps? You could also tell by taking a look at the syncing icons of the files inside your Dropbox folder.

 

If you have already set them to be online only and the desktop app is 'up to date' in your menu bar and not still syncing, you could also try clearing the cache folder.

 

Let me know of any updates!

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khinkeh
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Thank you so much for your excellent guide.

I have been successful in changing all my uploaded DropBox files at the local storage to online-only. As soon as the the syncing is completed, I will clear the cache files to vacate the hard disk space

 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Glad I could help khinkeh

     

    See you around the Community and have a lovely weekend!

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