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Unable to create a directory for iCloud Photos. Restarting your computer might... (Error 5)
I've search high and low for a solution to this error. I had given up after over a year of trying to resolve it, on Windows 10. I've pickup up a new PC on Windows 11 and tried to install the latest version from the Windows Store and low and behold, this issue has come up again! I've been through every single community post…
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How can I set up Dropbox on WD PR4100?
Is anyone successfully using Dropbox on Western Digital Cloud OS 5 and if so what are the correct network settings to configure? On my NAS WD PR4100, the Dropbox app doesn't let me go beyond the "Sign In" button. The button triggers a window to select my dropbox account, allow the API and provides a code that i then enter…
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Missing context menu item for the "Don't sync to Dropbox" feature
Searched all available help and couldn't find anything related to this. I'm missing the right-click context menu to "Don't sync to Dropbox" I'm on a plus paid plan, restarted dropbox, restarted computer. I used to have it since I have several folders that I had enabled it on. Those folders are missing the context menu to…
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Beta Build 206.3.6481
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer (32 Bit) Offline Installer (64 Bit) Offline Installer (ARM64) Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux…
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I need to be able to remove my personal folder -team- on my Mac device.
I want to disable my personal/private folder on my mac client. But its not possible to deactivate this folder in the selective synchronization.... why??? I can disable all Team Folder, but not the personal one. also not re-name it. Thats so 1995 windows style... I know that from OneDrive as well, and its very frustrating.
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Migrated to new MacBook: Dropbox files are showing but not accessible from new machine
I just finished migrating to a new MacBook Pro from my previous MacBook Air. Everything appears to have come over but none of my Dropbox files showing in the new machines Finder app are accessible. Is there a trick to disassociate them from the old laptop?
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How to fix permissions on a file in order to have it sync on Mac OS?
I'm currently seeing this If I click on Fix, it shows me this Then when I go to folder, it's unclear how to fix, going to Share as suggested I just get this I think I may have clicked "no" by mistake when the system asked to share originally, how do I fix this sharing decision?
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Dropbox modified filter for folders doesn't show modified date.
When I view my files and folders in my Dropbox account online, the "Modified" sort column will not show dates for any folders in my account. The column only shows two hypens for each folder instead of a date. The "Modified" column will show dates for FILES, but not for any folders. (I actually have 2 Dropbox accounts, and…
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Desktop app does not start on system startup up in macOS
Dropbox does not start on startup in Mac Os Ventura 13.4. It is set to start on start up in the app, and in OS settings but it's simply does not do that. Please help!
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Delay in Dropbox options appearing in the Finder context menu display on Mac OS
I'm on Mac OS 14.6.1 and when I try to bring up the contextual menu Dropbox options in the finder, sometimes there is a several second delay for the menu items to appear. The other contextual menu items show up when right clicking, but oftentimes, the Dropbox items do not show at first. It seems this may happen right after…
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Why is my computer being filled with TMP files in the Dropbox program folder?
My Dropbox is set to online-only mode but why is it still generating temp files? My hard drive is almost full because of this.
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'In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon' shows up whenever the PC starts
Hello Team, On Ubuntu 16.04 every time I start my PC, I'm greeted by the message 'In order to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon'. Availing any of the options available on this window doesn't prevent this window from surfacing the next time the PC is started. All the required dependencies/libraries seems…
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files with .icloud extensions not opening
After upgrading to Mac Catalina OS, I found 408+ of my files in dropbox now have .icloud extensions and won't open. Apple says it is dropbox's issue. I need the files. How do I retrieve them from dropbox?
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How to send a pdf from Mac files to Dropbox?
Hi all! I have an iPad and an iPhone and I can send a file/pdf to dropbox from them by hitting the share icon (the rectangle with the arrow pointing up). It's not working that way on my MacBook Pro. it did on my old one. Anyone know which settings to look at? It does show a Dropbox Transfer in the drop down when trying to…
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Can't find the Sync tab in preferences
This is the directions I found to make files online only. "How to make files online-only by default To make all files that you add to the Dropbox folder on your computer online-only by default: * Click the Dropbox icon in your notification center (Windows) or menu bar (Mac). * Click your avatar (profile picture or…
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The problem of large-scale synchronization
I am selecting a folder, but all other data is being synchronized to the hard disk as well. For some reason, the synchronization files have reached 250,000, which is filling up the hard disk and causing the computer to slow down. Everything is set to "Online Only" for synchronization.
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Files not showing in the desktop app on Windows. What can I do?
This is a new issue. Some files now, are not showing in my desktop app that had previously been available (via the app). Note, please, that I have selected which files I want to live on my PC via the preferences and selective synch feature, I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app to my PC but no avail. This is not…
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How can I identify long file paths in the Dropbox folder in Windows?
New to DropBox admin here and looking for a little help... I'm trying to identify file paths that might be too long for Windows explorer to handle (my team have gone nuts with the sub-folders!). So far, I've exported the file storage report from the admin console, then used a formula to calculate the characters of each…
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Desktop App - Selective Sync not showing all folders
We have a lot of files on our company Dropbox account. So much that we absolutely can't have our entire library indexed let alone synced. For this reason, the 'Selective Sync' tool in the desktop app is our primary means to add new project folders, and remove old ones from our local systems. To be clear, we do not avoid…
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I'm getting a new menu option when sharing a link, why?
I have a new menu when I right-click on Microsoft file Explorer. Some clients are getting prompts to require access, which does not work.
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Switching from One Drive to Dropbox
Hello everyone, Onedrive is slowly but surely driving me crazy. The main problem I'm having with it is that you can't exclude folders from the root folder for documents. As many of you know, excluding a folder in the Onedrive language means that I don't want that folder on my computer. Who came up with something like that?…
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Win11 taskbar menu is gone, no way to access any dropbox settings or pause/quit dropbox
I think a new update was maybe pushed, and now if I click the dropbox icon in the taskbar I no longer see any settings, only a search bar and recent files, which is the two last things I would want to see if I right click the dropbox icon in my task bar. This was the only way im aware of to pause sync or quit dropbox,…
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Ending support for Win 8.1 Pro. I will not be upgrading the os. How do I sync once that happens?
I just noticed DB is ending support for Win 8.1 Pro. I will not be upgrading my OS. How will I continue to sync files to my DB account. I tried looking for this answer but am missing it. Thanks
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Is there a way to remove the Dropbox options from the context menu?
Hi, recently Dropbox has started cramming my Explorer context menu with all of these options I mostly don't plan to use: Come on. Do you think it's ok to just dump all your stuff in there? If every app on my PC would do the same, would I have to manage dozens of entries on that menu? This is terrible UI design, it's bloat,…
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Stable Build 205.4.5765
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer (32 Bit) Offline Installer (64 Bit) Offline Installer (ARM64) Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux…
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Beta Build 206.3.6371
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer (32 Bit) Offline Installer (64 Bit) Offline Installer (ARM64) Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux…
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How to undo the damage caused after the update on our Dropbox team account?
For the 40,000 files I have/share - It appears it will take days to sort out - it best - for folders I shared with 400 sales people - nightmare. Transitioning to a different cloud provider would take less time. Can anyone provide a process that minimized the pain? How about when files that were saved - they do not SYNCH -…
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How do I swap to different account on Windows PC?
I am running Windows 10, have the Desktop app installed and have 2 different Dropbox accounts - it is currently set up to access Account1. For various reasons, I need to stop using this one and move to Account2. For the life of me I cannot work out how to do this! I uninstalled the app, reinstalled but it remembered…
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Beta Build 206.3.6386
Thanks for using Dropbox! The desktop client is regularly updated with many improvements and fixes. Download Windows Standard Installer Offline Installer (32 Bit) Offline Installer (64 Bit) Offline Installer (ARM64) Mac OS X Standard Installer (Universal) Offline Installer (Intel) Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) Linux…
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Files not transferred from old Mac to new Mac
I was using free dropbox on old mac, bought new mac and upgraded to Plus on it but old Mac is not sharing or registering purchase of new plan. Please help me to access my files from old mac!