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Dropbox on two computers; one of them is not syncing
I have Dropbox on my home and work computer so I can work on files in either place. I recently returned to my office after working from home for 2 years. My Dropbox folders in my office are not synced with those at home/online, even though the folders have the green check mark on the icon in File Explorer. Dropbox in my…
Dropbox transfer is not showing in menu
The option to create a transfer has disappeared both on my desktop and on dropbox online. I confirm that I do not have syncing issues, app is running on my computer and "early release" under setting is "off". The "create transfer" option comes and goes, it is incredibly frustrating. Now it is gone from both desktop (right…
The Dropbox Badge icon has been stuck in the center of my screen.
The dropbox icon (blue circle white center) has suddenly appeared in the center of my screen. It doesn't interfere with anything else I'm doing, but I cannot remove it. The dropbox icon on my desktop is working fine. How do I remove it???
iMac - Stop Using Dropbox
Hi All, I'm at my wits end trying to get my files back off DropBox and onto my computer. Clearly I've accidentally allowed DB to 'sync' my stuff. Now, despite it not being true, DP says my account is full and I must pay to continue. I don't need a paid service and want to get back to a pre-DB status. I've read 10's of…
Linux symlinks pointing outside of Dropbox folder -- can I keep them without syncing their targets?
I've noticed that my Dropbox icon is constantly syncing, which led me to this forum to investigate. I have a feeling it's related to how I'm using symlinks in my Dropbox folder, though I haven't found a question here that quite fits my needs. What I have is a directory like Dropbox/projects, and this only contains symlinks…
Stable Build 156.4.4908
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Features in this update: * Performance of the standard installer on macOS has been improved. * When right-clicking on a Dropbox folder in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac), the Organize button has been renamed Open…
Dropbox full due to invisible automatic backup?
Hi, I have a serious problem and hope someone here can help me with it. I've enjoyed using my Dropbox free plan for a lot of years now, up until about a month ago. The size of my Dropbox is 13.25 GB. Since a month, my Dropbox is suddenly full and I can no longer successfully empty it. And this while my entire Dropbox…
Stable Build 155.4.5495
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux x86_64 Offline Installer x86 Offline Installer Auto-updates: In…
Cannot change settings in Dropbox for Linux (Fedora 36)
It's very frustrating to pay the full price of Dropbox every year and get less than sub-par support for the Linux community. I am using Fedora 36, GNOME 42 and Dropbox seems to run OK. However, I had to enable "legacy icon support", etc. to get the icon to appear in my top bar. However, the icon does nothing. When I click…
Beta Build 156.3.4894
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux x86_64 Offline Installer x86 Offline Installer Auto-updates:…
Dropbox shows that my files take up more space than they actually do on the desktop.
I align Dropbox with the computer. I see in the Dropbox folder two folders with dimensions 550 mega and 1 giga respectively. The Dropbox folder instead shows a size of 2.3 GB! What could be the problem?
Some folders are not synced under windows 10
Hello everybody, I hope this is the correct forum section for this thread. I do have an dropbox account with several folders, which are all available in the browser. But on my desktop (Windows 10) PC two folders are missing. On another PC the data is also available. * The standard setting for new data is "online only" *…
Enabling autostart on dropbox headless - Debian 11
I have successfully installed dropbox on my server. I can run it manually without problems. However, if the server reboots the daemon does not come back up. ~$ sudo systemctl enable dropbox Synchronizing state of dropbox.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install. Executing:…
directory name is invalid
Hi all, please help. I moved my Dropbox folder and now when I try to open a file from File Explorer it says 'directory name is invalid'. Using Windows 10. Can anyone let me know how to rectify? Many thanks James
How do I re-enable the "Don't ask me again" pop-up, when deleting a file from the Dropbox folder?
Hello, I clicked on "Don't ask me again" and I want to return the question that Dropbox will ask me where to delete the files
dropbox requires nautilus to be restarted to function properly
Error messgage "dropbox requires nautilus to be restarted to function properly" So i restart nautilus. Same popup again. And again and again and again and again.
I want to replace an old computer with new and try to avoid the download sync on the new computer
I have Dropbox plus account. Can I copy the local folders from the old computer to the new computer to avoid syncing the folders from the server down to the new computer? I sync two large folders. I will be getting rid of the old computer and replacing with the new, but would like to avoid downloading the folders from the…
Beta Build 156.3.4862
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux x86_64 Offline Installer x86 Offline Installer Auto-updates:…
Is everything saved to the cloud?
I'm just about ready to wipe my 11 year old CPU. I've saved everthing to my Dropbox app and it appears everything (folders & files) I've spot checked are available when I log into my Dropbox Account on Chrome. Is everything in fact saved outside of my physical computer?
Re-setting up Sync
>>The problem: The system will not allow me to see or select local files & folders to sync to Dropbox. Below is a screenshot. >> The backstory: My Dropbox local app seemed to be having issues for a long while. The simplest solution (IMO) was to reset, so I renamed the e:\Dropbox directory to e:\OLD DROPBOX, and I moved…
Beta Build 156.3.4860
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux x86_64 Offline Installer x86 Offline Installer Auto-updates:…
"Green tick with white background" but I see this icon on almost all of my files.
I've been a user and paid subscriber to Dropbox for about a decade. I use Drobox for sharing my files across multiple devices and occasionally for sharing files with other people who don't always have Dropbox accounts. I don't work as part of an organisation so I don't use any of the team or business related features. I…
View Upload speed
How do i view dropbox upload speed on Mac OS sierra? Menu bar only shows that file is uploading, i can't see speed.
The desktop app won't run, Failed to create keystore regkey
Installed DropBox on a clean Windows 10 computer. At one point, was running OK on Admin Account. Will fail to autorun on standard user account (I had an issue with MS creating a NEW account when I wanted local ... I followed How to run an advanced reinstall of Dropbox | Dropbox Help and it still failed bn.BUILD_KEY:…
Mac "Available offline" feature is not working.
macOS Montery 12.3 MacBook Pro M1 Max, 2021 Dropbox is latest version for Mac: 152.4.4880 Dropbox is not sync'ing files correctly. Under Sync, I have set "Available offline" - like many others, I need all files locally, as I travel extensively, and frequently do not have internet access. (I understand the option to have…
Beta Build 156.3.4852
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with improvements and fixes. Below is information specific to this update. Features in this update: * Performance of the standard installer on macOS has been improved. * When right-clicking on a Dropbox folder in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac),…
Dropbox not syncing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dropbox v87.4.138
Dear Community, I have been using Dropbox for a while on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Now, I am using the dropbox client v87.4.148 and the app seems ok apart from the syncing issue. The logo on the right top corner of the desktop is showing the updating wheel, when I click on it I see syncing and I have the…
How to connect an existing Dropbox folder on external drive after a new Dropbox installation
Hello, after a WIN update my personal settings got all killed. I have a huge amount of data in the dropbox claud which is attached to a folder in an external drive. How can I point the dropbox programm to this folder? - I am afraid that the program will lose data since I put some files locally in the dropbox folder when I…
Why can't I sync my Windows' desktop files to Dropbox?
Hey, all the files and folders are synced perfectly, but the files and folders that are on my pc desktop don't sync. What should I do?
Can I merge all folders to one big one?
Can I merge all folders to one big one? Please

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