# 5.910 - Dashboard details, Measure mode, and storage optimization

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**Created:** [July 21, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-910-dashboard-details-measure-mode-and-storage-optimization/38730 "2025-07-21T09:27:27Z")\
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My experience;

Upgrade to the new ‘automatic offload’ version; all your older local projects are gone.  
This is regardless of whether you set settings sync to OFF (by a inofficial but present preference) or by just blocking all/specific traffic to Shapr.

Shapr does NOT test if you _have_ some net before the delete is initiated! I sincerely hope (not tested) that Shapr at least checks that the latest project version is uploaded to the cloud _before_ erasing the locals.

Going along with this new scheme you either have to go through hundreds or thousands of project settings to get them back or a backup restore that you _may_ have of  
/Users/nn/Library/Containers/com.shapr3d.shapr/Data/Documents/projects  
(macOS) and do a fallback to a previous version.

I can see a scenario where you are out of net or have a blackout for a week, and some precious older files (that you forgot to set) just disappear behind your back.

How about a global opt-in for;

- Cloud sync

- Local age removal

Shapr is turning in to a Steve Krug and Steve Jobs; Don’t let the user choose, We Know Best! _Very_ insensitive…

> [@Disabling Sync or leaving the Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/disabling-sync-or-leaving-the-shapr3d/38349/46):
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> As the 30 days off-load is now released I am blocking all sync and doing my work only on macOS (no big deal, as none of my iPads cope with the size of projects I am working with). The iOS environment will be for sketches and ideas manually exported and imported if needed. (Btw, my office runs fire-drills and down-drill every third month, only working with the intranet, detecting problems and what is calling home to frequently. Preparing for a downtime.) Update Well… that did not turn out well…

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