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Here are some of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that isn't covered by the FAQ's please create a new topic here. Dropbox account suspended for excessive public-link traffic I get this message: “Public links have been temporarily suspended for generating excessive traffic” on shared links. Quick…
Starting a new discussion because the last one (titled: "Make available offline" is not working for me") was suddenly closed to replies, without a successful resolution. In Options, I set the Default sync state for new files to "Available offline". This does not stay, and files are randomly staying online-only until I open…
So it looks like dropbox doesn't immediately upload my camera roll. It usually takes several hours but sometimes it never seems to happen. I read the help guides about battery optimization for Android but the settings are way different on my end. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Device (Dell XPS 15, iPhone 13, etc.) Operating System/Browser (if using the web) (Windows 11, macOS14.3, etc.) Dropbox App Version (if using the app) (200.4.7123 - found in app settings or About section) Syncing Status ("Up to date", "Syncing Paused", "Syncing 3 files" etc.) Question or Issue I edit a magazine for a local…
I'm working on an M1 MacBook Pro running macOS Tahoe. For some time now (including before I upgraded to Tahoe) I have noticed that items I leave on my Desktop are not included in the Dropbox Sync. I have carried out an extensive search on this issue but thus far have found no solution. Can anyone assist me towards a…
Device Samsung S25 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 Pro / Firefox Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 234.4.5591 Syncing Status Up To Date Question or Issue For the last couple of months, Dropbox no longer automatically syncs my new photos. It used to work fine, suddenly I have to manually upload…
Hello everyone, sorry but i'm very frustrated. 2 days ago at some point my sharing options has been disabled with a message "Unable to complete sharingWe've suspended your sharing activity. For more details or to contact support, read our Help Center article. " And yes.. there were indeed the and html tags in the popup and…
Hi everyone, I’m managing a website about mobile gaming ( like [...]) and would like to host an Android app file on Dropbox for user downloads. Could someone please guide me on how to generate a direct download link from Dropbox that I can attach to a “Download” button on my site? Thanks in advance for your help! [links…
Hello community, We are looking for assistance on probable causes and preventive measures to take place following an incident with one of our computers, where the files present in Dropbox folder of the local PC were overwritten to the Dropbox online ( cloud ). Sometime last month, one of the users who works in our team…
We’re having trouble setting up Dropbox to function as our agency’s main file management system for clients. Here’s what we need: We want to share individual folders with each client so they can:Upload any type of fileCreate new foldersMove files aroundDelete files or foldersFully manage their content within their own…
Hello, I have shared the Family Folder with a person. I need to share the same Family Folder, with another person. I want that this person only have online access; dont download to his computer. How can I do it? When I will get that, if the both person open the same file inside the Family Folder, what will happen? Thanks…
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