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Stable Build 81.4.195
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: In progress
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Dropbox keeps quitting on my Mac Pro
After years of successful use Dropbox stopped working on my Mac Pro a few days ago. It keeps trying to launch (I see it in the menu bar) and then immediately quits. I can't manually launch it. I get the error message 'Couldn't Start Dropbox' - see grab. I don't have a Firewall running or anti-virus software. I have seen…
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Using RoboCopy or xCopy to Move Files between folders
I have a 1400 files in a single folder on dropbox, called reports. There are roughly 4 report types. The report types are named in a way that I can't simply sort the folder alphabetically and grab the groups and copy/paste them to each report groups folder. So, I have been trying to use a batch file in windows to move each…
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Stable Build 82.4.155
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: In progress
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I'm getting an error message when trying to access my files online, what can I do?
I'm getting the following message on all files for the last 1/2 hour. Website status shows no service issues. Help! Message: Service Unavailable We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please try again later.
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Run Dropbox as Service, without being logged on
I have been scouring the internet for how to setup Dropbox to run on Windows Server 2012 R2 as a service. I have seen tutorials for 3rd party applications that will start it on boot and allow sync, but I cannot use any additional software in my company environment. I want Dropbox to be up and syncing 24/7, but this is not…
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Link account on Linux from command line
I am working on a remote server for which I can not launch a browser. Is there a command line way to link my account and set up the folder(s) to sync?
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Stable Build 77.4.131
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: In progress
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Permission Denied - Access Denied - Can't Sync - After clean Windows 10 reinstall
My Dropbox icon on the taskbar states it is 'Indexing 4 files... Cant Sync ....jpg (access denied). I'd either like to sync those files or delete them. I can't find those file doing a search on my hard drive or my phone. How do I do that?
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How can I see a specific folder's activity on my account?
Hi- I am trying to see the activity on a folder in dropbox. Whats the best way to go about that? Or is this something only admins can do?
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Mistake! I assigned the desktop folder to the dropbox folder!
I have a win10 PC. In an attempt to include my desktop folder (50GB of files) in dropbox, I inadvertently moved the location of the contents of the Desktop to "E:/dropbox" rather than "E:/dropbox/Desktop". Now, my dropbox folder IS my Desktop folder, and vice-versa! Yikes! Now everything in my dropbox folder also appears…
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How can I create a Dropbox folder shortcut on the Finder sidebar?
On my computer which is a Macbook-Pro it appears that Dropbox is downloaded. However when I go to finder it is not there. What is happening?
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I can't edit my Paper docs. Any ideas?
Hi guys, I can't seem to edit my documents anymore. The top banner has been removed and when I open a new paper doc I don't have the ability to type/edit.
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No video picture, only sound after I download video.
I can play the video but after I download it there is no image, only sound. I am trying to load into imovie but cannot do this with the .mov file.
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Moving from Iphoto to Dropbox
HI... I have about 1.2 terabyte of images in Photos, som 55,000 images. They are all downloaded on my Mac. I want to export everything into Dropbox. When I export from Iphoto it create one folder for each day making it impossible to view pictures because it pretty much create 365 folders per year. I would like to either A)…
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Dropbox won't start on my Windows 10 computer
I noticed that the dropbox icon was not in my apps tray, so I tried to start it manually, clicking the icon on my desktop. Nothing happens - win 10 task manager shows that it starts, but the program disappears from the list again. Restarting my pc doesn't do the trick, clicking on the dropbox.exe file doesn't do the trick.…
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Shut down computer once dropbox has finished syncing
It would be useful if the computer could shutdown after syncing so that everything has been loaded up.
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Files won't open in Chrome
When I click on files on the Dropbox website in Chrome, the page shows loading symbols, but then goes blank as soon as it finishes loading, and doesn't display the document, or even an error message. This happens with DOCX and PPT files, but not PDF (suggesting maybe it's an issue with the online editing part of the…
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My desktop app says that it's up to date, but it's not syncing
My dropbox folder on my app does not appear to be syncing, even though from the icon it says it is up to date? Its clearly not though, as anything I saved there in the last 6 days does not appear when I log in via the website on a different computer?
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How can I move files to a specific folder in Dropbox when using file explorer?
I found that Dropbox was making my Pc's and laptops unusable because synching dropbox content to them meant that Dropbox files were still using all the space on my hard drive! So now I am stopping the synching altogether and trying to just use the browser access to stop my hard drive becoming clogged up. The problem I have…
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Antivirus detected malware in the Dropbox cache folder
I don't know if this is the right category. Also, I tried searching here for a solution first, but the posts were all locked. I just started using Dropbox. I don't have many files in it. Since May 10, my virus software has found Gen:Variant.Kazy 512414 in my \.dropbox.cache. The file is ~834b6cda.tmp. The only thing I…
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Can I password protect a folder in my own dropbox?
Is it possible to password protect a folder so that even I have to enter the password to open a folder in my own dropbox?
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How to organize files
Hi there, I would like to organize my files with folders and subfolders. However, the system doesn't let me because some of the files are shared. I have too much clutter now and would like to streamline my Dropbox "desk". Thanks.
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How do the Smart Sync icons work and what do they mean?
I have used Smartsync to make space on my computer ( very useful). But I do not understand how the 3 symbols interact and work: 1 - Cloud symbol ( I get that: file is on the cloud not on the computer) 2 - Green tick in white circle ( dont understand this?) 3 - Green tick fully green ( I think I understand this: happens…
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Stable Build 80.4.127
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: In progress
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Dropbox Issues with Mac OS Mojave
Users on Mac OS Mojave are experiencing an issue with Dropbox, their computers have become extremely slow. It works fine when Dropbox is not running. When Dropbox app is relaunched, it takes about 30 minutes then it tries to sync files and that never stops. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Does anyone know how we…
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"Need to change permissions for the folder" when starting up the app
I get this annoying message every time I boot up my Mac: "dropbox needs to change permissions for the folder: Users/......" How do I stop it? I have read and write permissions for the folder and am the only user on this Mac.
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Stable Build 80.4.126
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: In progress
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Desktop app stuck indexing one file for over 24 hours
My desktop app has been stuck indexing for well over 24 hours at this point. It states that it is Indexing 1 File, Syncing 56 files, and Downloading 106 files. The files that need to sync and download are changes my team has made since it began indexing and got locked up. I have tried unlinking and relinking, restarting my…