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"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...
pedroferreira I think what you'll find is that although the files appear on the list when you look at "Storage" they don't actually take up space on your computer if you've used the "Free up space" action on OneDrive.
When I used the workaround described above it didn't free up anymore space on my HD....Finder still showed the same amount available.
I noticed that it moves the files into trash (even though the files also still exist on onedrive). After emptying trash, all the space became available.
Even though that onedrive folder was set to 'free up space' my mac was warning me that I was running out of disk space. Unchecking the folder like TKruger mentioned fixed the problem but only after I emptied my trash.
I've decided to put all large files I don't need to access often in a single folder that is now not visible to my macbook.
Even though that onedrive folder was set to 'free up space' my mac was warning me that I was running out of disk space. Unchecking the folder like TKruger mentioned fixed the problem but only after I emptied my trash.
I've decided to put all large files I don't need to access often in a single folder that is now not visible to my macbook.