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Photos and videos backed up now showing as zero byte 'empty files'
Around 9 years ago my wife and I returned from vacation and she uploaded all her photos and videos from her little camera to Dropbox. She forgot all about this, and we had for years thought the photos were lost. Well, she recently logged into her Dropox and found all the photos and videos in there. Some of them are fine…
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"Dropbox needs to change permissions" message on startup
Lately, every time I start my Mac (OS 10.14.6) I get a message that reads (in full): "Dropbox needs to change permissions for the Folder: /Users/[name]/Dropbox Enter your password to allow this" (I would attach a screenshot here but I can't figure out how.) I enter the password and all is well, but it happens Every.…
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blue circle syncing icon not showing
The blue circle icon that indicates my file is syncing doesn't display at all in the Dropbox desktop app. The green sync completed icons do appear, however. I tried uploading a 1.5Mb file. Dropbox indicates that it will take one hour to upload and sync. To test whether upload/syncing is working at all, I tried uploading a…
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DropboxMacUpdate using 98-100% of CPU%
I am currently running macOS Big Sur 11.4 on a MacBook Pro (15-inch 2016) 2.9 GHz and 16GB memory. I currently use the Dropbox desktop app and have my Smart Sync set to ON. All of my files are 'Up to Date' and no syncing is occurring at the moment. I have the Activity Monitor open and can see that everything is running…
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Prioritize folders / files to be downloaded
It's great to have this sync files first option to back up important files first. However, what about the other way round. A typical problem for me is, that I got on a trip after some weeks in office. While traveling I need to continue working on recent files, but syncing all files from the last weeks to my laptop takes…
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Error found when loading /etc/profile:
I get the following error message when I sign into my linux desktop (platform details below) after rebooting (doesn't appear if I lock the screen and sign back in again): Error found when loading /etc/profile: /usr/share/modules/init/sh: eval: line 42: synatx error near unexpected token `(' /usr/share/modules/init/sh:…
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The provided user information isn't valid | Acer Jumpstart
Hello, I just bought an Acer laptop and I am eligible for a 25GB Dropbox storage space. However, I cannot login my account, it shows that I entered invalid user information. I tried to unsync other devices but to no avail.
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Linux Mint 20 : DropBox no longer syncing despite syncing icon!
Hello all. I have followed the suggestions made by others but still I am not syncing. I upgraded to Linux Mint 20 yesterday and everything works as it should, except DropBox; a key app for me. I note that the LM version (which I re-downloaded yesterday in an attempt to solve this) is version 107.4.443 whereas the MacOS…
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Change account name
How can I change the name of my main Dropbox account folder?
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Deleted Account still syncing files on my PC
I had a temporary job in which we used Dropbox so I had to set up a basic account using a temporary email I was given. Once the job ended, my Dropbox account was deleted. I uninstalled the Dropbox app from my PC (Windows 10) but now I still have all my files in my what used to be "This PC/Documents" folder in this…
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Failed - Forbidden Download
Hello, I need your help to resolve an issue with downloading videos from dropbox. I'm not sure why but there are some videos that I can't download because it said: "failed - forbidden". I already tried changing the browser and clearing the cache but I still got the same error. Please help.
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Dropbox Desktop App Keeps On Closing
Hi. I have a 2015 iMac. It is running Big Sur v 11.4. I have the Dropbox Desktop app v 125.3.3463 installed on this machine. For some reason, the Dropbox Desktop Sync app will not stay open. It opens, starts to sync and then it crashes and keeps on cycling through this process. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing…
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Two arrows in a blue circle icon appearing on my images
Hi, Two arrows in a blue circle has appeared next to my images. I presume this indicates that something has gone wrong with the synching of the images and videos from my SD card to the laptop. Is there a way of rectifying this? Thankyou in advance
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Install error 0x80096005
Hi! I'm trying to download Dropbox on my desktop, but I get the following error: "Dropbox Update Installation failed with error 0x80096005". I tried to download the full installation instead, but I get the same error. I have Windows 10 Home (Version 20H2) and McAfee LiveSafe security.
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New sync icons - red exclamation point and arrows in a circle
I recently removed several folders from my Selective Sync, and then decided to add them back in. However, after they finished restoring, I now have two new icons that have shown up on some files, a red circle with an exclamation point in the middle, and two arrows in a circle. See the attached screenshot. Dropbox says it's…
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Cannot delete My PC folder (no backup feature turned on) - help please!
My Dad has done something to his dropbox account which has got his system into quite a state, and I haven't been able to figure out exactly what he did or how to fix it. A few days ago suddenly what has happened is that somehow he now has a "My PC (MachineName)" folder appear in his online dropbox folders. And it is trying…
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Support for DropBox Bussiness
Hi all. I need to add support for Dropbox Business in our existing integration. And I have to switch the existing Dropbox app from the access permissions model to utilizing scopes. I want to make sure that I don't have to create new app for that and I can use my existing app. Thanks in advance for your replies!
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Beta Build 110.3.425
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 Offline Installer Linux x86_64 Offline Installer x86 OfflineInstaller Auto-updates: Everyone who chose "Include me on early releases" on the…
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Dropbox CLI Error: ng
Hi, I am uploading a 101 GiB file to my dropbox and got an Error: ng 99GiB/101GiB. I used the command ./dbxcli put [src]/myfile [dest]/myfile Is uploading a 100gb with the CLI not supported? I assume it is using sessions in the background.
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Establish same dropbox folders on two computers
My wife has two computers. One has been using Dropbox. The other didn't but I just added the Dropbox app and selected the main folders to sync via Dropbox. But now I realize that those folders I selected are not exactly the same as on her "main" computer and the ones that are the same are starting with different files. Did…
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Two computers with single Dropbox account and want to change folder location
Hi, I am looking to change the location of my Dropbox folder. Right now both computers have Dropbox installed and the files are in the default location. My question is, I want to change the location of the Dropbox folder to the D: \ on Computer 1, but Computer 2 doesn't have a D: \ drive. Will that work? Or do both…
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i can't install dropbox, allways appear ERROR 2 message, also in advanced installation mode
i can't install dropbox, allways appear ERROR 2 message, also in advanced installation mode. i've deleted all previous installations i've deleted %PATHS as you show in another post i've tryed install with ADM permission but allways appears ERROR 2 DROPBOX INSTALLER CAN'T BE EXECUTED. please, help. all my problems started…
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Incompatibility with firefox.
When uploading files via the web, sometimes the upload reaches "1 sec" and gets stuck. I have contacted Dropbox support and they have suggested that I use a different browser. I have done it and it has worked perfectly. What happens is that I always use Firefox and I would prefer not to have to change browsers for these…
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Cannot install dropbox on Windows 7 32bit
Hello I try install dropbox on my old PC which run windows 7 32 bit. Both online and offline installer gave me the same result, there are 2 dialog boxes ask me to run the installer then ask me to make change on hard drive and then nothing happen. The desktop app won't install at all. I try turn off windows firewall and…
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Trouble with internal symlinks
Hello, I am struggling with symlinks. I can't get them to work. I have a folder structure like this: Fotos/jpeg/ [files] Fotos/colecciones( [links to some files] The links are defined like "../jpeg/[file]", so those links are pointing to files that are in Dropbox - I tried before linking to the full path, with the same…
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Dropbox passwords extensions (both for Firefox and Chrome) can't find desktop app on Windows
Today the browsers extensions (both for Firefox and Chrome) stopped detecting the desktop app on my Windows computer (on my Mac it's working as expected). I reinstalled both the desktop app (version 1.2.40) and the extensions, rebooted the computer, but the extensions still can't find the desktop app. It was working find…
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Backing up select folders
I want to backup (not sync) only select folders from my "Documents" into dropbox. But in the backup tab, I am not able to select the folders to backup from "Documents." Backing up entire "Documents" eats up all the space in no time. Any helpful hints on selecting specific folders appreciated.
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Learn all about camera uploads with Dropbox
Creating memories is so important, and backing those memories up is just as important! It might not be as exciting to store your photos as it is to create those memories, but it means that you can look back on your photos and relive those moments for years to come. Well, we’re here to make sure you know all about camera…
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Computer backup "can't backup without permissions" error for Documents folder. How can I fix this?
I'm trying to have DB back up my documents folder, but it keeps saying "cant backup without permission". Ive already set it to read and write for all users. How do I fix this?
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View dropbox sync activity
How do I see what files dropbox is attempting to sync? Dropbox is consistently the highest CPU consuming app on my mac and I'd like to look at if there are files failing, file permission issues, syncing of any files regularly bc of apps touching them, etc. How many files are getting sync over a period of time, the size of…