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No share.. option when right clicking
I am using the desk top version on my Mac. When I right click there have always been little dropbox icons with "share . . ." being the first one (see picture). Those are now gone when I right click and I can't share. How do I get them back? where did they go? ?
Fixing 'your computer is not connected to the internet'
I'm putting this up in case it will help anyone else. Running Windows 10 but I don't think this fix will be OS dependent. I have had two PC in the last couple of weeks that Dropbox has stopped syncing on, saying there is no internet connection (there is). I spent hours trying to fix it and did everything short of…
Opening files from Dropbox on Pages/Numbers/Keynote iPad apps
I have the latest Dropbox App installed on an iPad Pro 2018 running iOS 12.1.4, as well as on my 2012 MacBook Pro. When trying to open Numbers/Keynote/Pages files in those iPad apps from my Dropbox, I get the message that "file cannot be saved." (There is no issue on the MacBook.) If I duplicate the file on my MacBook and…
My files were deleted when I uninstalled the app
So the thing is i was syncing my laptop with dropbox. Many files were synced but there were still files left to be synced and it was taking a lot of time. So, i thought of uninstalling and installing dropbox. For this at first, i unlinked my pc and sync was stopped and uninstalled dropbox. While i was uninstalling dropbox,…
Sync started by mistake -- how do I undo this?
I inadvertently set up my new computer with Dropbox to sync with my entire Documents folder, which has over 300GB on it. Needless to say, I ran out of space on Dropbox rather quickly. I also use OneDrive, which keeps my files in the Cloud while still appearing on my computer. I am assuming there is no "UNDO" button to…
Dropbox Not Syncing and reached device limit
I wake up this morning and with coffee in hand, go outside with my Pixel 3XL phone, and snap a couple pics of where I'd like to place my new custom-made address sign on my garage. "Send us some pictures of where you would like the sign to go, we will calculate the exact size needed". and the headache begins..... I noticed…
Dropbox app is constantly creating desktop.ini files - how can I disable this?
As per the title; the latest dropbox is now generating desktop.ini files pretty much as soon as they're deleted (they were recreated only on dropbox starts earlier, so a delete upon startup was all I needed). This is detrimental for me; how can I disable this behaviour? They are pretty meaningless files, too, this is all…
Signing into a different account on my computer
I need to sign into a different Dropbox account on my computer, but there are a lot of files and they will all be the same on the new account. I need to be able to switch accounts and keep the old files on the computer (instead of having to download them again on the new account).
Dropbox unable to start on Linux container
Host is CentOS 7; all host filesystems are ext4. I'm trying to create a container using otherguy/dropbox. Container is successful at downloading current version of Dropbox client and requesting that computer is linked to Dropbox account. When it attempts to start Dropbox, I get the following error message: Couldn't start…
Dropbox Passwords for Windows 10 desktop
Hi there, I have been using Dropbox Passwords for quite a while and up until this morning had it installed on a Windows 10 laptop, a Windows 10 desktop and my android phone. Both my laptop and desktop used the same type of "app" that launched on startup, asked me to input a 6 digit PIN and kept active for 12 hours or as…
Difference between dropbox app and web-based dropbox, please?
Can you please help me understand the Difference between dropbox app and web-based dropbox ? I have both, but am used to the web-based. Any advantages to using the app only? Thanks
My Dropbox desktop app is stuck on "Connecting" on my Windows 7.
Dropbox won't connect on my pc with windows 7. I've re-installed, rebooted and tried: https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/configuring-firewall Most of the preferences buttons are disabled; selective sync, unlink dropbox (says it's not even linked to an account). Works fine online. I'm paying monthly for this service but…
Dropbox.com error messages
I have tried to access "All Files" in Dropbox.com today but I keep getting the following messages: "There was a problem completing this request." "Something went wrong at our end." The browser is Microsoft Edge. What can I do please?
Word documents won't save to dropbox - goes back to 'Document 1'
If I start a new Word document ("Document 1") and go to save it to a Dropbox folder with a new name ("The saved document"), the document window will have the new name across the top for a couple of seconds and then it goes back to 'Document 1'. The file will appear in the dropbox folder but it will be empty. Same thing…
Downloading the paper desktop app for linux
I want to install the recent beta version of Dropbox paper in my Linux OS. But I am not able to download one because i don't know where is the download file for the paper app. please help me with this
Install headless on Linux 20.04 RUST PANICKING
Hi - looking for ideas on this, as it is the first time I've seen it... I download and install the client app on a Linux Ubuntu 20.04 server, set up on AWS. All seems to go well until I issue: ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd I get the following few lines of extensions loading, followed by an aborted start: dropbox: load fq…
Is there a way to display folders as an alphabetical list?
...whether ascending or descending? --- Hello Dropbox forum members! New to Dropbox and am stuck with attempting to figure out how to arrange folders where I can look for/find a folder by its alphabetical first letter. Below is a snippet of how my folders currently look . How to organise alphabetically? Do you know the…
Selective Sync & Deleting Files Locally
Downloaded the App on my work computer. It downloaded all the folders & files from my Dropbox Acct (91g) to my local hard drive. Only wanted 2 folders to download and Sync between that work computer and Dropbox Acct. So, I then went to Selective Sync settings and checked ONLY the 2 folders I wanted to sync between that…
Reset Smart Sync To Online Only for All Files?
After finishing a few large projects, I am working to reduce the space used on my laptop. Is it possible to reset the smart sync status without having to right clicking on each folder? I wish to change the status of all current files to online only. Thanks!
Remove Link to Local Downloads - Mac
I installed dropbox on my Mac, I tried to stop it from taking over from iCloud but i mistakenly gave it permissions to sync my downloads folder. Now it is asking me to upgrade (my dl folder is large). I only need to use dropbox for a few documents so don't want to upgrade. I have signed out and uninstalled locally but i…
How do I sign out of Dropbox on my PC?
How do I sign out of Dropbox on my PC? The instructions from Dropbox say: * Sign in to dropbox.com. * Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the upper right corner. * Click Settings. * Under General, click Delete account. However, there is no avatar or initials in the upper right corner.
Dropbox app won't start on M1 Mac running Big Sur
I just got a new MacBook Air M1 running BigSur. Dropbox does show up in the Finder sidebar and it appears the Dropbox files and folders on my Mac have synced with Dropbox.com. However the dropbox icon does not show up in the tool bar at the top of the screen. Plus, I downloaded the Dropbox app but it won't start. error…
Dropbox stuck - possible uploading issue ?
Hello, I have an issue where Dropbox seems stuck uploading/syncing any files from my computer (MacOS 11, business account, smart sync enabled). Issue is not caused by big number of files or size, seems more like it cannot bypass anything that originally caused it to get stuck. What I see is that files waiting to be…
Unable to install Dropbox on Windows 10 - The installer encountered error 2
Hello, I am running Windows 10 Home 20H2 19042.985. I kept receiving a message that Dropbox needed to be updated. So, finally I tried it. It would download and run and close right away. I tried all sorts of things to try and get it installed. I was able to start the install when I booted in Safe mode with Networking turned…
All my videos turned into sized down jpegs when uploaded to Dropbox from mac's Photo app. Any ideas?
I just attempted to upload my 'favorites' folder i created in Photo by selecting all and using the 'copy' option in the drop down menu up top to a new folder in dropbox. It should have had enough room, I checked beforehand. Also, i assumed if it didn't have room it would just stop short the upload or only upload until the…
Dropbox sync stalling on Big Sur
Dropbox has always worked well for me -- until I updated my (very new) iMac to macOS "Big Sur" (11.1) about a month ago. The issue in a nutshell is that Dropbox will upload changed files for a little bit after starting, then stall entirely, or slow to a creep. It's a little tricky to characterize, because it's not…
There isn't a Linux repository for Fedora 32
Hello everyone. An RPM repo for Fedora 32 hasn't been created yet, which leads to errors every time I use my package manager. Is Dropbox aware of this problem?
Searching for files returns no results
Greetings. For years, my Dropbox folder was on my 1 TB 😧 drive and I could search for content on the 😧 drive right from Windows Explorer. Somehow, one of my settings must have changed because I can see content within Dropbox, but can't search for it. For example, in one of my image folders, I can see two dozen photos that…
Dropbox Won't Start - Stuck on Connecting / Starting
Out of the blue, Dropbox stopped syncing on Monday and now, it won't even connect and gets stuck on starting. It sometimes gives me an error that there is no internet connection (and there is). I've tried reinstalling and restarting and uninstalling and re-installing to no avail. I'm running Catalina 10.15.7. Both my…
Synching never stops, says updating for 5 days!
I have DropBox Plus (paid plan). Have had it for years. I had to re-attach to an existing DropBox folder on my second internal hard drive and, after uninstalling and re-installing DropBox and a little registry cleaning, DropBox is working fine...except it keeps synching constantly. My cooling fan is getting exhausted and…

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