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TKruger
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May 20, 2020

"Free up space" not working MacOS

I am running OneDrive on a Mac (Catalina 10.15.3).   I have some large files that I have chosen to "Free up Space". In the Finder they have the cloud icon next to the file name indicating that they...
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ronaldpoi
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Oct 29, 2020

I've been dealing with this BUT if you notice, while my folder is supposed to be 104Gb... it really only takes 249Mb on disk.

 

I BELIEVE this is due to the way that macOS handles files and space on disk. I'm not an expert, but I think we may be blaming OneDrive for no reason. It's probably working as expected.

 

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katrintschuertz
Copper Contributor
Nov 18, 2020

ronaldpoi not for me. Space on disk includes the space for files that I have selected "free up space" for.

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    hungtran72
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    Nov 29, 2020
    in my mac it's not appear that symbol (white cloud - free up space). I don't know how to make this appear :((((

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