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Repeatedly requests to change permissions, not syncing in user folder located on second drive
A couple of weeks ago I upgraded my mid-2010 MacPro 5,1 to Mojave (installing a new video card along the way), and decided to move my user folder (including my 400GB Dropbox folder) off my SSD (where the OS resides) onto a different ****** drive, following the procedure to target the app towards the new location. Although…
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I get an error "this operation isn't permitted" when moving folders
I am trying to move folders from my original personal dropbox account to the new team dropbox folder I created. I am a Pro user. The first few folders copied without incident. However, a couple more that I want to move won't,. I simply get an error, "This operation isn't permitted." What is not permitted about this, and…
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Desktop app gives blank white screen when signing in
Desktop app gives blank white screen when trying to sign in on a new laptop. Already switched off virus protection and checked the firewall settings that Dropbox is allowed, still no result.
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Double Notification Settings - New MacOS Mojave 10.14
I just setup dropbox on a new mac running the latest MacOS Majave 10.14. Under the Mac Notification Settings, i see two seperate options to change how i want the dropbox notification settings to appear. Please see attached.
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Error 0x80096010 while installing on Windows Insider Build 1903
i am having problem while installing dropbox on a new pc with error code 0x80096010, please help me asap, thanks in advance
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Is there a way to see a file count of how many files you have in a folder?
I don't see this anywhere, they're not numbered, there's no total anywhere, I have a bunch of files uploaded but no number anywhere to see how many I have in a folder.. is there any way to see how many files I have in a folder?
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Sync a folder via terminal
How can I sync a folder via terminal in Linux? I had installed Dropbox to that machine, but only synced one folder and now I need to work remotely from my Mac. I don't have 'physical access' anymore, so I need to activate and sync a second folder remotely. There is no option to open an interface (e.g. open nautilus via…
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Reconnecting synch to external drive?
Because my haddrive lacked space, I set up Dropbox to synch to an external drive connected to my MacBookAir. However, whilst travelling I disconnect the portable (external) drive and when reconnecting Dropbox fails to find the path back to the Dropbox folder on the external drive. I have tried to change the path in the…
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Received "Move your Dropbox folder to a supported location" email
To get around the recent glibc version requirement on a Red Hat Enterprise 7 system, I'm running the Dropbox client in a Docker container with the Dropbox and .dropbox folders mounted externally on an Ext4 filesystem on the RHEL7 host. That's working fine currently. Today I received an email from Dropbox informing me that…
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Dropbox duplicates files from Dropbox on Mac during syncing to Dropbox online
Hi Dropbox helpers, It is almost weekend but I still need some help with this syncing duplicating problem on my Mac. I already read through all the open topics and checked Apple doubles etc but I think it has more to do with a simple wrong button or preference that I clicked... So I just started working at a new company…
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Does dbxsvc.exe in Windows System32 folder actually belong to Dropbox program?
Hi, I'm running Dropbox on Windows 10 and everything is basically working fine. Some time ago I noticed a new service called "Dbxsvc" running on my computer. It runs from a file named dbxsvc.exe in my Windows System32 folder. Is this some kind of malware or some new part of the Dropbox program? I know there are two…
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how to find dropbox account details from command line
I am using dropbox on my linux box (NO UI, just command line). I know how to find dropbox account details (eg: login email) from UI. Just do not know how to find account details from command line. Is that possible? Please help me. I just want to do something like this from command line:…
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Changed home folder name, now the Dropbox desktop app will not start
On my Mac I changed my home folder/user name folder. Now, when dp starts, it attempts to change permissions on the original home folder, which no longer exists, and then exits. Is there a way to tell dp that this folder no longer exists, and to move to the new. Thanks for any assist.
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Stable Build 66.4.84
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Beta Build 66.3.72
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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Stable Build 65.4.177
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Stable Build 63.4.107
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Selective sync doesn't free space!?
Hi! I've 5,8 GB of DB space. I've used it almost, so I did "selective sync" to free some space in my computer. Nothing happened eg doesn't free any space. I calculated manually the folders sizes viewable in my DB app - result is ca 3,8 GB - it means, theoretically I should manage with 2 GB-s of freed space. BUT IT ISN'T…
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Change my Dropbox folder name on my PC
I have my dropbox folder in the D drive of my computer. For some reason, the dropbox folder is not named "D:\Dropbox", but "D:\Dropbox (Elliotfan)" with my account name together. Does anybody know how to return the name back to "D:\Dropbox" without messing up the saved files? Thanks.
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Storage Usage reported for online-only folders on Finder doesn't match the "User Info".
So after more than a year of discussion on pretty much the same topic, this still has not been resolved. Sugesting that issue will be resolved in the next version of software is somewhat unacceptable, and if you try to imagine this in any other profesion, you will agree, it would not be tolerated. We just designed a house…
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Unable to scroll through photos in Windows Explorer/Photos application
Typically when you open a photo (not synced with Dropbox) in Windows 10, the photo opens in Windows' Photos default application. Once the photo opens, you can use the right and left arrows on the keyboard to cycle through other photos in the same folder. It's a very handy feature that appears to be disabled when the folder…
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Edit pictures in the app
Hi, i wanted to edit a picture within the app, is there a way to do it on my iPhone?
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Additional permissions are required to access the following files
Suddenly, I can't open any powerpoint files online or from my desktop in dropbox. I can open, edit, and save all my excel files, but not powerpoint. I use an iMac and macOS High Sierra.
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Beta Build 65.3.174
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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Log out of all sessions
Hi, I believe I was compromised yesterday on my dropbox. I accidently opened a pdf from an unknown email. I was then asked to sign in to my dropbox and did so. Immediately after this I changed my passords and logged off all my devices accept for my pc. I later logged back on using my new password. I just noticed this…
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Stable Build 64.4.141
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accidentally dragged a folder to Dropbox
I accidentally dragged a folder to my Dropbox folder. How can I "unshare" it without deleting it (which I have done [and restored, thankfully] two different ways already)? Maddeningly confused, Paul
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Is there a way to get the geotag information from photos?
I realised that photos synchronised with dropbox and then beeing shared or downloaded are losing their geotags. Is there a way to get to the geotag information of these photos, so that they can be opended in programs like geophoto showing the right location. The information must be available somewhere, because when…
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Is there a way to sync my files from the web to my desktop but not the other way around?
Hello, I want to prevent dropbox from syncing back to the cloud files that are already on my computer.. or I want only to sync from dropbox to computer I do not have enough space in the cloud to have all the files.. so there is a folder I do not wish to sync back to the cloud but if there are new files on it to sync to…