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aerocampro
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26 days ago

Local hard drive size does not change after moving 160Gb folders online only

Macbook Pro 16" M4 Max 64Gb/4Tb, Mac OS Sequoia 15.1 I have made 160Gb total size folders online only to free up disk space, Dropbox sync shows "your files are up to date", folder sizes have instant...
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Mark
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25 days ago
aerocampro wrote:

Any idea?

Dropbox has hidden local caches that it uses to ensure data integrity and security. So the files have been moved in to that location for a few days to ensure that everything is safe AND to allow quick restores if you'd done it by accident. 

The drive space will be reclaimed shortly. 

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