But sometimes you want to actually take a file and get it off your drives completely, store it in the cloud, and not have a local copy. For instance, if you save a file on your desktop Mac that file will sync to your laptop Mac and take up space on both drives. As a matter of fact it may take up more space.
So the problem with cloud storage is that it doesn't necessarily save space on the hard drive. Join us and get exclusive content at /patreon. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a community of supporters. Today I want to talk about a new feature in Dropbox that allows you to use Dropbox as remote storage. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Using Dropbox Smart Sync For Remote Storage at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.