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Can't login to Google to open a Word file with Google Docs from Dropbox on desktop
When I try to open a Word file housed on Dropbox using Google Docs, using the Open drop down menu at the upper right, I am directed to the Sign In To Continue screen for Google, but when I hit the Sign In button, the screen blips and kicks me back to the same screen. It won't allow sign in. The Dropbox and Google accounts…
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Create a new Google Colab notebook in the Dropbox folder
Hi people! It is great that now we can create a new Google Doc/Sheet/Slides directly in dropbox. It would be fantastic if we could also create a new Colab notebook. Any plan in that direction? all the best, leonardo
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Is there no way to unzip a folder within Dropbox?
Is there seriously no way to unzip a folder within Dropbox?? Currently this process has me 1.Upload Zipfolder to Dropbox 2. When ready to work with items within that folder, Download the Zip Folder to PC. 3. Extract needed file type 4. Re-upload that file type back to DB Anyone know of any easier process? or Icloud storage…
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Linking reinstallation to existing folders in File Explorer
I was having some issues with Dropbox on my laptop so uninstalled and am now re-installing, But it is creating totally new folders on my Laptop. As there is about 950GB there (and we have very slow broadband in Suffolk UK) it will take a week or two to synchronise. How can I get the new installation to sync with the files…
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Syncing issue on macOS 10.15 Catalina
I have a trouble of dropbox syncing on macOS 10.15 Catalina.When I restart my macbook pro, dropbox starts syncing all the time and it shows all my files in dropbox is syncing.The syncing may take a long long time，and when I restart my MBP，it starts over again and again and again.This problem starts with the beta version…
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C drive too small for Dropbox, I want to use the other partition (ie 'D' drive)
My HP computer's hard disc is 2Tb, but HP set it up as two drives, with the C drive being a tiny 120Gb, meaning I will never get the full use of my Dropbox subscription because the C drive can't support Dropbox beyond 100mb or so. How can I get Dropbox to install and use the greater partition (ie 'D' drive) which is 1.8Tb…
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Can I see which files are causing sync errors via my Dropbox desktop app?
Is there a way to show all Sync errors in Dropbox? I was browsing through my files and saw a file with a red cross on it, and after inspection it seemed it wasn't syncing because of an emoji in the filename. This got me thinking - how many other files do I have that currently aren't synced because of this reason? Dropbox…
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Need help installing Dropbox on a Raspberry Pi
Hello guys, I'm trying to install dropbox on my RPI 3 ModelB with Raspbian OS. I'm running the following commands. pip install dropbox sudo pip install dropbox The dropbox gets successfully installed, but then I can't find it anywhere. I want to use dropbox to synch a file using Python. Any thoughts?
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Dropbox keeps (re)indexing and syncing after activating online-only files
I've recently activated the smart sync functionality for my teams account. When I did, Dropbox started indexing and syncing a huge number of files which made sense to me because it needed to download all shortcuts to online files (the ones y had previously saved online only using selective sync). However, after finishing…
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Icon Status size Desktop app
I'm running the Dropbox app on a Mac. The status Icons for the files in my Dropbox app (not the icons for the file itself) are super small. Is it possible to make the status Icon larger in size?
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Dropbox Icons on EXPLORER files and folders missing but visible in Open and Save As Dialog Boxes
The Dropbox icons are gone when I use the Windows 10 explorer including the . I tried everything I could find in the web to fix it without success. It took me 2 days now. I noticed: In the Windows 10 explorer, no Dropbox icons are shown and no Dropbox context menu entries are shown ( Dropbox share..., copy Dropbbox Link,…
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Searching image exif data in app on Dropbox Professional plan
I save all my photos to Dropbox. They have lots of exif information; location, tags, keywords, captions etc, written from various programs, nowdays it's Digikam. I try and give the photos meaningful filenames as this is rapidly searchable across platforms, but most of the good information is stored internally in the files…
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Dropbox sync directory with 2x NAS
Hello, I've found synology and qnap to have rather robust syncing capabilities. I'm curious as to whether anyone has synced the same directory with two different NAS. We're talking about a few million files, but not many modified or created per day. In my testing it has worked well, but in production it could be another…
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Dropbox indicates 'downloading xx files' _forever_
Dear community, I have a perfectly correct Dropbox installation, no noteworthy issues with illegal filenames and I have performed all possible kinds of troubleshooting. Even so, every so often, mostly when migrating to a new PC, Dropbox will become stuck in an eternal 'downloading' session. What bothers me is perhaps not…
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Avast blocks opening Dropbox Web site from the application
Avast notificationWhen trying to launch the Dropbox Web site, from the icon of the application, Avast blocks it identifying it as phising (see attached image). It happens also when trying to reach Dropbox from the links ("Share..","Version History", etc.) of a file in the local folder. Reinstalling Dropbox, or…
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Red number by my dropbox icon
Next to my drop icon in by toolbar on top of my Mac laptop is a red circle with a number one in it. What is that and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance.
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How do I prevent automatic synchig of new folders?
Dear Community I am using what is for me a basic feature of dropbox, i.e. working on files stored on several computers, which are synched when modified. So, no problem when we have the folders A, B and C and whenever one of us is updating a file in one of these folders, they appear via synching on they other PCs, eg. X, Y,…
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Need to "download proprietary daemon" every time Xubuntu restart.
I have installed Dropbox successfully on Xubuntu 19.10 using the 64-bit .deb installer from from https://www.dropbox.com. But there is a problem, because every time Xubuntu restarts appears a pop-up window from Drobox saying "Dropbox is the easiest way to share ... to blablabla... you must download proprietary daemon ...…
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How to disable DropBox Update?
How do I prevent DropBox Update from booting on Windows (10 Pro) startup? I've tried everything (see screenshots below spoilertag), but it will still boot, and I have to kill it manually every time I reboot my laptop. This is bordering on malware.
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How long can it take to free up space when marking files as Online Only?
how long does it take to sync files to online only vs my hard drive? Approx 247 GB
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Dropbox storage usage on iphone different from actual storage size on the web site
When checking iPhone storage on my iPhone 7 (IOS 13.1.3), Dropbox usage shows 1.38GB! In my desktop PC (Windows 10) Dropbox folder, as well as on the Dropbox.com web site, all folders and file sizes are properly sync-ed and both agree of a total file size of 198 MB. What can cause this huge discrepancy?
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Will viewers see my name and email if I share a folder and everything in it?
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Determine if file has finished synchronising
I have a simple problem: I store some data in DropBox which is shared between multiple people Several times people have started editing the data bnefore it has finished synchronising What I want is a simple routine which I can add to my application which determines whether a named file is synchronised, i.e. it is the same…
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Placing EXE files in a shared Dropbox folder.
Hello all, I made a small .NET Core app that publishes as an .exe with surrounding files. Its a small client manager that gets database information from a SQLite database (which is already saved in Dropbox) in the project folder. Now, I've been wanting to distribute by app to the rest of my workplace, but I've run into a…
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ManagedClient process consumes so much memory it causes a kernel panic
Starting about a month ago, the macOS Dropbox app has started consuming an abnormal amount of memory by way of the ManagedClient process. It'll climb to over 10GB of memory (not disk space) and eventually cause the machine to restart itself. Has anyone else faced this issue? I've verified permissions, uninstalled and…
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Deleted folders keep reappearing. What can I do?
I had this problem and putting a file in the folder did not resolve it, it immediately re-created the folder after I deleted it from the Finder (Mac 10.13.3). What did work was to choose Pause Syncing from the Dropbox menu bar widget, delete the file in Finder, then create a new folder with the same name (this is what I…
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MS Word inserted date and times are incorrect in Dropbox version of file
The MS Word inserted date and time stamp is incorrect in the Dropbox version of my Word file but all other changes made to the text in that file are correctly made/updated as the file gets saved. I thought maybe that had something to do with it being inserted in the Header but when I inserted the time and date in the body…
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Can open files directly on Dropbox - get error message saying "cannot open file"
Since installed MacOS Catalina and Dropbox update - can't open any file directly on Dropbox. Have to open file from the original program (like Word, Excel) - go to Open... then navigate to the Dropbox files - only way it opens. Anybody else experiencing this? I can drop and add files into my Dropbox - but now a hassle to…
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How can I fix the error "the application can't be opened" when it does open?
When I open dropbox I get this warning message: The application “Dropbox.app” can’t be opened. But then it opens without a problem. How can I get rid of this message? Thanks!