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Pictures in Drop Box arranged by Folder

Is there any way I can move folders with pictures set up in DropBox to the Photos/Album feature ? All the photos in my DropBox show in Time Line but by date. Sure would be easier to move the already created folders from my PC and uploaded to DropBox to the Photos/Album feature. Appreciate the help. Thank you

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Rich

nick132 wrote:
to your point that photos show up in folders that's only when you've added them to a specific folder

ALL of the photos and videos that appear on your Photos page are already in a folder somewhere in your account. They have to be. They cannot appear on the Photos page without already being in a folder, somewhere. If these are photos that are uploading from one of your linked devices, then that may be the Camera Uploads folder. If they're photos that you've added manually, then they'll be in whatever folder you've uploaded them to.

The question is how do I move a photo into a specific folder I created?

From the Photos page, use the Show in folder option I mentioned above to locate which folder a particular file is in. Once you're in that folder and the file is selected, just move it to whichever folder you want it to be in.

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nick132

I have the opposite question, I want to move pictures into folders because albums dont show up on my other devices (iPhone, iPad) but folders do. Weird,

Rich

Kenneth B.11 wrote:
Is there any way I can move folders with pictures set up in DropBox to the Photos/Album feature ?

No. This article will show you how to create an album.

https://www.dropbox.com/help/493

nick132 wrote:
I want to move pictures into folders because albums dont show up on my other devices (iPhone, iPad) but folders do.

That's unneccessary beause the photos and videos you see in albums or on the Photos page are already in folders in your Dropbox account. The Photos page shows all photos and videos from every folder in your account. To locate the folder for a specific photo, right-click on it while on the Photos page and select Show in folder.

nick132

The question is how do I move a photo into a specific folder I created? I guess it is as easy as drag and drop the file into the folder but when you have hudnreds of picture files that is not easy. It would be easier if I could select the photos from the photo page or albums I set up but it doesn't appear that Dropbix has that functionality. I want to do this because albums do not appear on my iPad only files and folders and photo page. Also, to your point that photos show up in folders that's only when you've added them to a specific folder, which is what I am trying to do.
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Nick

Rich

nick132 wrote:
to your point that photos show up in folders that's only when you've added them to a specific folder

The question is how do I move a photo into a specific folder I created?

nick132

Thanks but when you upload a file without selecting a specifc folder it adds it to "dropbox". Maybe you can consider it the dropbox folder. When I right click and select show in folder, it simply brings me back to where it already is. To move it to a folder I created I have to drag and drop and when you have a large number of files it is not easy. It would be easier if there was a "move to folder" or "change folder" option when you right click on the photo. This would be a convenient enhancenet to Dropbox.