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After syncing folders on local drive, I can't copy them to a different location
I synced some large folders to my local computer and would like to copy them to a new location. When I attempt to copy the files, it begins placing the main folder and a few other files then immediately displays the following error: " An unexpected error is keeping you from copying the file. If you continue to receive this…
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Tips for remote working with Dropbox
At the moment, people and teams are adjusting to the realities of a distributed workforce at a whole new scale. We want to share some tips to help make the transition as seamless as possible and ensure you stay connected and keep work moving. Get Syncing The first step in preparing yourself for remote working is to store…
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Dropbox upload speed less than 1 KB/s!!!
I am stuck with upload speeds of less than 1 KB/s with Dropbox (actually around 0.2KB/s). I'm on a 10 Mbps upload connection (10 Mbps = 1,250 KB/s) with all other uploads at or around 10 Mbps. Any idea why my Dropbox app could be uploading at less than 1/1000x my available bandwidth and any idea on how I can resolve this?…
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Am I safe to delete my Dropbox folder after uninstalling the app to free up space on my ****** drive?
Hi, I uninstalled Dropbox Application from Mac since my harddisk was full, but I found the file is still here and my harddisk is still full. I would like to ask if is it safe to directly delete the dropbox file from the harddisk? Will it be also delete in my dropbox online? Thanks so much
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My Dropbox seems to be very slow. What can I do?
Recently, it has become very difficult to navigate and update downloaded files on my mac. It has come to a point where every action, every click I make takes an extra second or two to occur. I have become very frustrated and it makes dropbox increasingly more impossible to use. To be clear, I dont access my files through…
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Why did the formatting of my Word doc change when I uploaded it to Dropbox?
I uploaded a Word document to DB and it changed the whole format of my document.. Anyone know why?
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Don't see 'sync now' option to prioritise which files sync first
I have a personal dropxox account and am on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.4. I am syncing a large number of files and want to prioritise some larger files first. According to this article https://help.dropbox.com/sync/prioritize-files-sync I should be able to right click on a file with the blue sync icon and see option 'Sync now'.…
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Overwriting files when uploading through browser
Hi, I just uploaded some GIF files to my dropbox. And I already had gif files in that folder, with same file names. When I dropped the files in, the files were overwritten without a warning or anything. I was expecting that dropbox will give me a choice - to replace the files or just copy the new files in and change their…
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Cannot establish a secure connection
Your computer will compare your system date to the expiration date of our SSL certificate. If your system time is stuck in the past or so far in the future that it is outside of Dropbox's SSL certificate expiration date, a secure connection will not be established. This is easily corrected by changing your system time to…
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Dropbox file transfer to snapfish
Dropbox icon on my task bar. Have a Dropbox email with 200t photos but cannot access from toolbar. File does not show up. Want to transfer pics to make a photo book. Help?
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Dropbox suddenly doing a complete reindex?
Platform: Windows 10 Pro (v.1809, latest updates) Dropbox version: 71.3.102 beta Around noon yesterday, Dropbox mysteriously started (I assume) reindexing my entire Dropbox folder; it claimed to be syncing nearly 500,000 files, which is pretty much all of them. For a while it seemed stuck, so I force-closed the program in…
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Files transfer very slow
Hello everyone, We recently noticed a huge slow down in file transfers in two of our computers, the transfers are so slow sometimes transferring 30-40 PDF's no larger then 50Kb (some are actually in their 20's) can take hours and even a full day. We noticed this started happening about 1 month ago and it has been like this…
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How to know if LAN Sync is working?
My two computers are connected to the same wifi local network, but the synchronization seems still to be very slow. How can I be sure that the LAN syncing is used, and not the synchronization via Internet?
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Syncing on Microsoft Surface Go
I have a Microsoft Surface Go with Windows 10. I want to set up Dropbox to show on the left side of the window when I open Documents (like it does on my PC). How can I make that happen? When I download Dropbox I am forced to use the Mobile app.
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Can you collaborate on the same document with other users?
Does anyone know if Dropbox allows Collaborative document sharing? Can one place a password on a particular folder when the folder is shared with others?
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"The file has been changed by another application."
Over the past couple of weeks, both of my Macs have been telling me that files cannot be autosaved because "The file has been changed by another application." * This occurs in multiple applications, including Keynote, Preview, Multimarkdown Composer, and more. * The error message says that it has failed when trying to…
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My comments on PDF files are only visible on the site
I'm using Preview on a Mac to comment on a pdf file (adding text). Document is a pdf of a slide presentation, so each page is not text heavy. I worked on it all day yesterday (42 pages) and this morning. All of a sudden my comments are gone. I went back to the version history on Dropbox on the web and when I look at the…
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The desktop app on my Linux Mint isn't syncing
Hi. I'm using Dropbox on Linux Mint. It aways worked fine, but recently it stopped syncing. The icon in the notification bar shows "Syncing..." status, but I waited for days and it doesn't sync files and doesn't change its status. I tryed reinstall Dropbox, deleting all configuration hidden files in the home directory and…
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Problems with refreshing pivot tables from different computers
We use excel pivot tables all the time for management reporting which are stored in dropbox so all the team can access them. The problem comes when the pivot tables need refreshing. If this is done from a computer that was not used orginally to set up the pivot table we get an error message - could not find part of the…
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upload video from gopro to dropox
I will not have a laptop PC with me on vacaton. I will have daily access to the internet. What is the most convient way for me to upload data, from my gopro Hero (2018), to dropbox, without the use of a PC ? We will have our iPhone, iPad and Samsung galazy phone.
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I can't save files in my Dropbox folder
Since last week, while working on office, or autocad, or anything, i cant save files to dropbox folder. It gives a message that the file dont existe (if the file is new) or if it was existent it says that can´t acess the file. What is weard is that the name of the file in this message is different than the name itself.…
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Stop android whatsapp photos auto uploading
How do I stop my android phone automatically uploading all my whatsapp photos and only upload the photos I take?
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MacOS 10.14 SmartSync files included in disk storage calculation
So I don't think I'm the first to ask this, but I don't see any real solutions, so here goes... I have 2016 MacBook Pro 13" 250GB which is now showing storage issues. For example, one of the documents in the Large File report shows a PSD file at 827MB - this file is an 'online-only' file. Looking at it in Finder and…
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Encrypting local copies of shared files and synchronizing
Hi, I understand that encryption of the local copy of Dropbox files is my responsibility. For various reasons, I do not want to encrypt the entire PC with Bitlocker and a boot password. I am using VeraCrypt and encrypting only those chunks of data that are "sensitive". I am using Dropbox to work with various clients. If I…
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Uploads missing file extensions
I'm trying to share some mp3s with my customers via Dropbox but when I upload them they lose their file extension and become unreadable when redownloaded, why is this happening?
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Auto create folders with sub-folders (Salesforce)
My company is new to DB and we are getting ready to sync DB with salesforce. We have a folder structure currently in DB and would like to continue using this structure. I have tested in SF sandbox and it seems to work, but I am wondering how I can have folders created automatically within a folder. Example: When we have a…
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Dropbox app does not work in Finder (Mac) since iOs Catalina update
I've recently updated my desktop to Catalina since it prompted me that photoshop wouldn't work on my previous operating system. Mojave, I think. Since then, it's caused a bunch of problems including the most frustrating one with Dropbox. It seems that the application goes nowhere and what was once the most convenient…
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How to hide my dropbox cache from view?
Hi, I'm trying to neaten up my Dropbox files, but over the last few weeks I'm suddenly able to see .dropbox.cache in the main dropdown and also a file called 'desktop' in each folder. It's not the end of the world but it bugs me when I'm trying to streamline my filing system. If I try to delete the desktop file it just…
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Why does the Uppercase Letters of my file name change to lower case
I know this has been posted before and appaerently closed without resolution but here it is again. I have users that use Dropbox via the dropbox app on a server that we are using as a file share. And it seemd that onlt two of the users have the problem. We have long filenames but still with int the 260 charactor limit…