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View dropbox sync activity
How do I see what files dropbox is attempting to sync? Dropbox is consistently the highest CPU consuming app on my mac and I'd like to look at if there are files failing, file permission issues, syncing of any files regularly bc of apps touching them, etc. How many files are getting sync over a period of time, the size of…
Disaster Recovery: restoring System Image & then using Dropbox to update my data to latest versions
I use: * Acronis True Image to image my system from time to time * And all my documents, pictures etc. are backed up to Dropbox (as well as to a second cloud data backup app) and are synced across all my devices thanks to Dropbox. The great thing about Dropbox is that it keeps all my documents and pictures updated to the…
NAS
Hi, I want to set up a home NAS device which syncs with my Dropbox cloud account. I have the option of buying a new NAS with Dropbox installed on it, or somehow reusing my old NAS boxes which can't install Dropbox, by e.g. installing Dropbox on a router (or other network hardware), which then acts as the go-between. I…
Dropbox unexpectedly quit Your files are safe. Restart Dropbox
We are getting error message as "Dropbox unexpectedly quit Your files are safe. Restart Dropbox..." repeatedly while files are getting synced to dropbox, this might have happened after Dropbox update of 120.4.4598. We are using Windows 10 OS.
How to Remove Access to Dropbox files
I have to send my laptop in for repair and I want to remove access to the Dropbox files (some are shared with others, some are not) from the laptop. So far I have Quit DropBox on the app, uninstalled the DropBox software, and rebooted, yet I can still get access to Dropbox files. I do not want to delete these files from my…
How can I prevent very long syncing time of files in large folders?
I have numerous folders in Dropbox, and the largest one is my Outlook Backup of office emails over many years, which is about 40GB. Occasionally, like today, I have to go in and save a new email, and the resulting syncing and indexing can take literally hours, which really slows down my PC. How can I prevent this very long…
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There is someone that made a File “BabyImash” and is exposing nudity content of me on there! If you could Please take it down, that will be great Thank You! (:
Not all folders appear on VLC on iOS
I installed VLC onto my iPhone. It is the newest model and running the most current software. I enabled Dropbox integration because I house my media files on Dropbox. Many of my folders appear when searching for content, but not all of my folders appear, especially the ones containing my media. I checked the VLC forums and…
Files stuck syncing but queue shows nothing
Hello! About three weeks ago, I got a refurbished Macbook Air and transferred all the content from my old Macbook Pro over using Time Machine. Relinked my work and personal Dropboxes from the new computer, etc. Everything is working great EXCEPT my Dropbox has been trying to sync the last 679 files for the entire three…
My Selective Sync settings don't show all my folders on my Mac.
Unsure why, but a folder I generated online and then sent some files to, won't appear on any of the computers selective sync window. Using Mac latest version, 3.8.3. I can't untick that folder. I've tried renaming it, etc but it doesn't help.
How to force files and/or folders to load locally?
I have just installed Dropbox on a new laptop in preparation for working for a few days when out of range of internet (might be able to connect through a tethered mobile phone, but with only limited bandwidth). I want to make sure I have access to all critical documents and files. With my tablet or smartphone I can set a…
how do I download all of my dropbox files?
DropBox has served me flawlessly, and conveniently, for many years. But now I'm retiring, and plan to leave the service. DropBox syncs my Projects folder. I'd like to download everything from DropBox, but I'm not sure how to do it? Is there a simple way to be sure that all of my Project files now live on my Mac? The data…
Editor Android apps are NOT saving a Dropbox opened edited file
Why can I Not save any of my Dropbox files edited with Android third-party apps like Jota+ Text Editor or QuickEdit or any other . I can open with these editors apps but really not save . When I press save it shows a successfuly msg but it doesn't work . Why ?
Sync vs Backup
Suppose I want to backup the Documents folder on my old computer, partly for backup, and partly so I can reference items in on my new computer. What's the difference between using Backup vs Sync for this folder? Thank you!
Syncing stuck in pause.
I have Dropbox basic. Originall installation allowed 5 devices with 5GB space. Installed dropbox in new computer now has 3 devices with 5GB data. Shortly after installation message appeared that space nearly full. I looks like that Dropbox synced with my PC and started to upload everything is could find until my space wast…
How to get to someone's Dropbox?
I want to drop files on someone who told me: "My dropbox address is this email address; you can share them with me that way. Thanks" He did not send me an invite or a link. So, knowing his email address, how can I access his dropbox to drop the files?
Multiple computers
I am using Dropbox with 3 machines, 2 laptops and 1 desktop. I notice that of the 3 machines, I can only access the "Desktop" of the 2 newer machines only. It is like the oldest machine is the "Master" and the other 2 newer ones are the "Slaves". How do I set it up so that the newest machine of the 3 is the "Master" and…
New folder shown as "Untitled Folder" on server and no content in the folder is synced
When I make a new folder and add files to that folder, it only shows up as an empty folder with the title "Untitled Folder" on the server. Moreover, the Dropbox client is showing only older files under "Recently Changed Files". None of the files in the new folder is shown. Tried restarting the Dropbox client but to no…
Path error in Dropbox after User Home name changed..
Specifically Dropbox 112.4.321 on MacOS 10.12.6. Background: A restore from backup (TimeMachine) after a failed ****** drive resulted in a number 1 being appended to the User Name. Most things did not notice this, but I found it an annoyance for something which I now forget. So I used the time-tested procedure of renaming…
Syncing forever without actually syncing
Hello all, tl;dr The status reads as syncing but it seems extremely slow and there don't seem to be any actually changes to all my files. I'm running DB on High Sierra. I recently reached my accounts limit so I removed some files from my DB folder. It seemed I was so over the limit that I couldn't delete(?) so I also…
Extremely slow "Move of Dropbox folder to new location"
So if you're having this problem (like I did) I just wanted to let you know what solved it for me. I started the move and followed instructions here. I had about 77000 files and they copied at a rate of 140 files per hour. I pulled my hair :scream: What caused the problem was Intego Virus Barier, Real time scanning ON.…
What's going on with PDF highlighting?
1. I can`t highlight text in a scanned document (with Adobe pdf reader). 2. I have made `drawings` in a scanned pdf document which were lost. how can such a key feature not be working properly? I can`t think of a better way to store ly files than dropbox, but this problem could make me change platform.
Screenshot in dropbox not working
Hi, I set from dropbox settings to share my screenshots via dropbox (attached photo), however the app does not create a screenshot folder for me inside my Dropbox default folder and does not create any links, and my screenshots remain in the folder they were in.
“something similar” to SCP for Dropbox
I'm trying to backup some file on my Linux server to Dropbox. I do *NOT* want to install Dropbox on my server as I do *NOT* want any of the files on my Dropbox account to be on this server. I'm looking for something similar to SCP, so it will look like this: scp backupDocument.txt mydropbox:/folder/save Basically I should…
Dropbox stuck on node_modules...
Dropbox is stuck trying to sync node_modules. If I hover over the icon it says indexing node_modules. If I open it up, it says Syncing node_modules. The Sync Queue permanantly says "Checking one file" with an animation. It has been like this for days now and won't ever finish syncing. I have excluded some of the…
How to move the contents of Dropbox to an external ****** drive?
how do I move contents of dropbox i.e my files and photos to an external ****** drive thanks folks
Automatically upload folders without syncing a local copy
Hi i am a photographer and i have a lot of images that i am tkaing every day and i would like an automation backup that will upload all my files to dropbox without sync it to my local computer and than i would like to be able to delete them the reson is becuase i would like to keep my storage clean so i can backup it to…
How to Upload Photos using USB 2.0 from Nikon camera to Dropbox?
How to Upload Photos using USB 2.0 from Nikon camera to Dropbox? Do I need to sync in order to Upload photos?
Dropbox Finder Folder not syncing
Someone shared a word document with me and its showing up on dropbox.com and its showing up in the dropbox app on my mac (which i don't use). I use the Dropbox folder directly in Finder. The document is not there. Does the Dropbox Finder folder not sync in the same way? Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance.
"Unknown Error" when saving an Adobe Premire Pro project directly into a Dropbox folder
I use Dropbox to store most of my files so I can share them easily, so I normaly create the projects directly on a Dropbox sync folder on my PC. However, since some days ago, I have started getting this error when trying to create or save a .prpoj directly into a Dropbox sync folder: An unknown error occurred while saving…

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