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I'm not getting any desktop notifications when a new file is added to my Dropbox account
Hello, I am not receiving push notifications in my desktop when a new file is added to any of my folders or subfolders, and I definitely need this. I don’t know if it is related, but I have Boxifier working together with Dropbox.
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Where are the Dropbox program files located on my Windows machine?
Hi BACKGROUND: I've adopted a policy of keeping 'all' my PC Files & Folders 'only' on a 'Portable' Hard Drive. None are kept on my PC's C: Drive. This is to avoid issues if my Laptop is Ransom-Attacked, Lost, Stolen, Corrupted or Damaged (as my Data is safer if held only on my Portable Hard Drive, and on a USB Drive).…
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One of my files on my Mac reported that it wasn't compatible and had 0 bytes?
Please help!!! I'm a professional writer and i've been working between my imac, macbook pro and ipad for years and everything syncs together perfectly until today. I went to open a file to work and it says zero bytes and not compatible. It does this on all my devices.
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Beta Build 60.3.89
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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The Dropbox desktop app resyncs all of my 2.4 million files weekly, why?
Hey everyone, I'm syncing over 2.4M files on my DBX Business account. Long story short, it's really unstable. On both Mac and Windows the desktop app resyncs _all_ files every week or so, and Smart Sync has caused thousands of random files to go to "Online-only" with no user input, causing a plethora of desktop issues for…
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Stable Build 59.4.93
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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My music file attributes (album, artist) aren't present in all my synced MP3 files
I have a Win10 machine where I save songs from vinyl and apply file attributes like Album, Artist, Title, etc (using mp3Tag v2.89a). These files will sync just fine to my other AWS Win10 machine, but about 60 out of 320 will not show any attributes that were present in the originals. Just the standard mp3 file name and…
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Would I be able to continue syncing where I left off if I turn my computer off and then on?
if i was to turn my pc off then turn it back on will it continue uploading when back on and conected to wifi
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Dropbox reports an error message: 'Can't Sync 'System Volume Information'', on Windows, why?
Dropbox Windows client 3.0.5, running on Windows 8.1 I have a dedicated partition / drive for Dropbox, and Windows created "System Volume Information" folder on its root directory. Dropbox client keeps saying: Indexing "System Volume Information"... Can't Sync "System Volume Information" (access denied) I tried to use…
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Message using old version of Dropbox
I keep getting a message when starting desktop Dropbox that I'm using an old version, but when I download install .exe and try to execute it says invalid and check app store. Seems it's confusing desktop with mobile app. If I go to mobile device it seems to be up to date, but I'm not sure. Version on mobile is 114.2.12.
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Beta Build 59.3.89
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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Is it possible to use Quickbooks Pro Desktop with Dropbox to sync the data across?
I have been wanting to use Quickbooks Desktop on multiple computers. I don't share it with anyone else but need access to it from a couple of different computers depending on my situation. I was having sync issues where there would be conflicted copies, etc. I know this is because the other computers that are syncing with…
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I'm missing files and folders when syncing from the Dropbox site my Mac, why?
Hi, I am trying to sync files and folders from Dropbox onto my Desktop on a Mac. I have checked for invalid special characters already. I don't think I have selective sync turned ON. (I'm not sure) And when I try to initiate another Sync, Dropbox tells me its up to date. Thanks, Klbc8042
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When I open one of my Excel files, it says I have view-only permissions and I can't save it.
it's on a shared folder, office fully updates, windows fully update, it happens to a partner on the office but, he was able to fix only formatting the computer. I try also, File/options/trust center click on trust center settings, protected view and disable all the boxes and doesn't work. I have permissions to save, but I…
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How can I mount my Dropbox account as an external device?
Hey Forum, I know this is getting old, but I can't belive it has no solution. I have a VPS with 40GB hard drive. I'll need a DropBox account with an insane, size of some terrabytes. Now I want obviously reach these files from the VPS (CentOS 7 Linux without GUI) via a folder. So how can I mount the DropBox share like an…
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Possible conflict with Dropbox and Trend Micro (Dropbox freezing)
I have dropbox business, I will not say every computer, but half of the company's computers are crashing. At first I thought it could be a driver, a virus, or even a windows 10 error. I got to format 2 of them, and still they keep crashing, they get frozen screen, I can not do anything, I have to force the physical button.…
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My Windows desktop app replaced my updated documents with older versions upon re-linking, why?
I have two laptops, Windows 8.1 (my main device) and Windows 10 which I rarely use. 8.1 had to go into a repair shop so i set about setting up dropbox on W10 with dropbox. It had some old files on it from the last synch several months back. When i checked on the synch - and luckily for me it was very slow - i found that…
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Dropbox can't establish a secure connection.
Dropbox was working fine on my MACs (high serria) now they all say can't establish a secure conection. I have switched off my firewalll and Antivirus still get error. I have now unistalled dropbox dowloaded the lastest and it fails to install with a no internet connection error. Any ideas?
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Stable Build 58.4.92
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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Beta Build 58.3.88
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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Uninstall Dropbox on PC without losing Dropbox files?
I am out of space on my PC while uploading PC videos to Dropbox. I have Dropbox app on PC. Remaining storage on Dropbox plan is 750GB so I know the problem isn't that I'm out of space in Dropbox. I intend to only use Dropbox.com to access my files and not sync with PC's Dropbox app. Can I uninstall Dropbox app on PC…
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Cannot edit some text files in Dropbox on iPhone?
In the Dropbox app on iPhone SE, I can open all my text files, but in some of them I do not get the Edit icon (looks like a cursor) at bottom left, so cannot edit them. In others, I get the Edit icon at bottom left, and can edit them. In both cases the text files are from the Notepad app on my Windows 10 PC. When I cannot…
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How can I preserve the Dropbox desktop app's sync status after a Windows 10 restore?
after the recent windows 10 update I am having issues that require that I restore windows 10 to pre-upddate status. I did this once last year and it destroyed the sync between dropbox desktop and dropbox cloud. I still haven't fully recovered from that nightmare. I want to do it right this time. what should I do with…
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Dropbox + Bitlocker issue
Hello there, I have several computers using Dropbox for Business with the configuration below. - OS SSD where the Windows 10 Dropbox app is installed. - Data HDD where the Dropbox folder is located (Internal HDD). - Both drives encrypted with Bitlocker. What I am experiencing is after a restart the computer asks to Re-link…