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Ask HN: Dropbox, but not store locally?
Hi All,
I have e-mail into Dropbox 3 times and asked and no reply.
I have a new MacBook Air, 128gb SSD. I want to use Dropbox, but if I pay for the 100gb or even the 50gb plan, I dont want to keep all files I have on Dropbox local to my machine due to space limitations..
1. Is it possible to have files live on Dropbox, but not retain a copy locally on my machines?
2. Does anyone have any advice on how to (after a certain time frame unused) to have files move from my MacBook Air to Dropbox and remove from my MacBook air to free up more space?
3. What about moving my Outlook or Apple Mail (I am deciding which to use) location to my Dropbox on my local system so I always have a backup, totally current copy of this data in case of system failure, etc?
Advice is appreciated.
- brk 16y agoFor #3... I run my own servers for email and use IMAP. So, it's easy to sync multiple devices to the same mailbox, and I always have a copy on the server (plus whatever is cached on the PC). I would vastly suggest Mail.app over Outlook on OS X, based on years of personal experience with both, just FYI.
- jason_slack 16y ago@brk..Thanks, I do like Mail.app a lot and it is what I have been using. I do have some issues sometimes with having 13gb of e-mail over 10 years or so.
- brk 16y agoI have 10 years of email too, but I've stripped out most useless/old attachments to keep it pared down.