Dropbox taking up storage
My storage is almost maxed from files that are in my dropbox. The file is 'online only' but my computer is still showing that it's using up space. Does anyone have ideas on how to fix this?
MacBook
The following is from the Dropbox support site https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/smart-sync
Usually, setting files to be online only will free up space on your hard drive within minutes (as long as your computer is online and able to sync to Dropbox). However, there is a known limitation with macOS 10.13 (High Sierra):
Apple's operating system macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) uses a new type of file system called APFS. With APFS, the operating system takes snapshots of the file system and available hard drive space. These snapshots may not update after you've used Smart Sync to set Dropbox files as online only. This means that hard drive space you freed up with Smart Sync may not be immediately reflected or available if this snapshot hasn't updated.
This hard drive space should eventually be freed up by the OS, but the amount of time this will take can vary. This isn't a behavior specific to Dropbox, but instead the designed behavior of macOS.
There are also some discussions in their support forum that may (or may not) help. See the following and click on "Solved! Go to the solution" at the bottom of the first post in each:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Files-folders/Smart-Sync-still-taking-up-local-space/td-p/284499
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There may be others as well.