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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…
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…
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.
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?
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.…
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?
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…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dropbox is stuck syncing after an update, what can I do?
I have the "Dropbox Plus" subscription and I run the client on 4 computers. Yesterday (Monday, 13-Jan-2020) I signed onto my desktop (which is always on) and has a full local sync of my dropbox that a number of new files added Saturday had big red Xs on them -- JPEGs I had scanned Saturday and which were in sync to my…
upload a file to dropbox via the Chrome browser
When I try to upload a file to dropbox via the Chrome browser, it gives an error 'Could not download file ***: Internet connection is lost', although the Internet is available.
Lan sync is slower than normal sync?
We have a small office where all the computers are connected with ethernet cables to a gigabit local area network. Our Internet connection is also a really fast optical 1000/100 M. All the computers are high end MacBook Pro's and few PC's running the latest software. We are still experiencing really slow syncing on dropbox…
Dropbox says there's not enough free space on Ubuntu but the cache folder keeps filling it up
My dropbox folder is located in a 1TB HDD. My dropbox folder is aprox 487ΜΒ and nothing else is located in this HDD. The chase foldes is 442GB and i am getting a red Dropbox icon with "can't sync not enough free space) When i delete the chase, the next day is full again. Everything was ok for the last 2 years until few…
Does Dropbox Run Powershell Commands?
Hello, our endpoint software picked up dropbox running this command - C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell "Get-AppxPackage C27EB4BA.DropboxOEM | Remove-AppxPackage" I saw the exact command in another forum and the user said that Dropbox uses it for updates. Can anyone confirm this? Is there somewhere…
Photo & Video file names from iPhone Uploads
Hi, I'm new to the community so please bear with me. I have been uploading my photos and videos from my iPhone using "Camera Uploads" because the file names are perfect for my use, namely it shows the date in reverse and the time. e.g. 2020-04-01 10.23.06.mov However, when I select videos or photos to upload i.e. manually…
Desktop symbolic link removed on restart on MacOS Catalina
For a decade, I've been syncing my Desktop using Dropbox by running the commands: sudo rm -r Desktop ln -s Dropbox/Desktop Desktop I then see the files inside `Dropbox/Desktop` on my Desktop. Since installing MacOS Catalina, this stops working every time I reboot. The symbolic link is deleted and an empty Desktop folder is…
It seems I can't disable "Dropbox on Startup" entirely. Why?
When starting up my computer and logging in to the user account, I do NOT want Dropbox to be starting, at all. The files Dropbox needs are not even accessible unless I as the user take a particular step to unlock them. If I want to, I can unlock the files and THEN manually start Dropbox. I understand that no syncing will…
How can I switch off the checkmark icon?
HOW DO YOU TURN OFF THE ICON CHECKMARK
Format computer hard drive without having to re-sync my whole Dropbox
I would like to format my machine but do not want to delete file on my drop box I would also like to be able to back my files up locally so that I do not have to dowload them all again once i have formatted the computer

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