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Photos failing to upload. Error:Dropbox doesn't have the permission to read the files
I am trying to clear some space on my phone so I have been uploading photos onto dropbox. I had no problems at first, but all of a sudden I can only upload 1 photo successfully, if I try to upload more than one it'll upload one and all the other photos will fail to upload. It says upload failed and dropbox doesn't have the…
Is it possible to use Dropbox as a network drive?
I am running an office with 8 people. We all need real time access to mainly word docs and PDFs. We have been operating as a private network of 8 desktops all linked together with one desktop being the server. Now we want to have mobile access. So the idea is to move all our files to a cloud like drop box and then use drop…
Desktop app is stuck 'Starting' when it loads up and doesn't sync on my Mac.
I am a paying customer and very frustrated with Dropbox. I am ready to drop DropBox and look for other alternatives. Since Friday of last week it has been trying to sync 100Gb in files and it is taking an eternity. Now is stuck in "Starting." I have rebooted the Mac (10.6.8). I am using Dropbox 3.0.3. I have tried going to…
There’s no option to attach a Dropbox file on iPhone X
I recently got the iPhone X and cannot attach dropbox files in the Gmail app. Please help 😞
multiple empty 'view-only conflicts' folders are created
Shared folder stopped syncing at some point and multiple empty 'view-only conflicts' folders keep created ... After deleting one of them, new empty folder with the same name created automatically.. <shared folder name>(view-only conflicts 2019-12-22 1) Is it any way to get rid of these forlders and resume normal sync? I…
Is there no way to unzip a folder within Dropbox?
Is there seriously no way to unzip a folder within Dropbox?? Currently this process has me 1.Upload Zipfolder to Dropbox 2. When ready to work with items within that folder, Download the Zip Folder to PC. 3. Extract needed file type 4. Re-upload that file type back to DB Anyone know of any easier process? or Icloud storage…
Syncing issue on macOS 10.15 Catalina
I have a trouble of dropbox syncing on macOS 10.15 Catalina.When I restart my macbook pro, dropbox starts syncing all the time and it shows all my files in dropbox is syncing.The syncing may take a long long time，and when I restart my MBP，it starts over again and again and again.This problem starts with the beta version…
Can I see which files are causing sync errors via my Dropbox desktop app?
Is there a way to show all Sync errors in Dropbox? I was browsing through my files and saw a file with a red cross on it, and after inspection it seemed it wasn't syncing because of an emoji in the filename. This got me thinking - how many other files do I have that currently aren't synced because of this reason? Dropbox…
Folder has too many files to download
I have a large folder called Pictures, within which are many subfolders (532 if Windows Files Explorer is to be believed), the whole containing 17,732 files (all pictures), adding up to 46.5 GB - quite a small proportion of my 2TB allowance on Dropbox. This all syncs to my PC. I use my iPad to access these pictures from…
I can't link my Yahoo mail to Dropbox
I Can not link my Yahoo mail to dropbox . Yahoo have removed the upside down v (next to the Attachment icon) that gave the option to Share from Dropbox . Does Dropbox now not support Yahoo mail or am I doing something wrong. Thank you for any help.
Dropbox keeps (re)indexing and syncing after activating smart sync
I've recently activated the smart sync functionality for my teams account. When I did, Dropbox started indexing and syncing a huge number of files which made sense to me because it needed to download all shortcuts to online files (the ones y had previously saved online only using selective sync). However, after finishing…
Upload through browser extremely slow since today
In the past month I have uploaded over 900 GB through browser with roughly 20-30 mbits per second. Today the speed crashed down below 200 kb/s which is completely unusable. I have a 100mb/s line and the upload to other sites is working fine at full speed so it's clearly a Dropbox issue.
Dropbox sync directory with 2x NAS
Hello, I've found synology and qnap to have rather robust syncing capabilities. I'm curious as to whether anyone has synced the same directory with two different NAS. We're talking about a few million files, but not many modified or created per day. In my testing it has worked well, but in production it could be another…
Dropbox indicates 'downloading xx files' _forever_
Dear community, I have a perfectly correct Dropbox installation, no noteworthy issues with illegal filenames and I have performed all possible kinds of troubleshooting. Even so, every so often, mostly when migrating to a new PC, Dropbox will become stuck in an eternal 'downloading' session. What bothers me is perhaps not…
Dropbox is Changing the file name to UPPERCASE letters
Sometimes filenames in my Dropbox folder(s) are changed to UPPERCASE letters. Seemingly random, but probably isn't :) I can see from the version history that the file has been renamed (changing from lower to upper case or vice versa), but I have not done that. I don't think it is the client software either, as I experience…
Red number by my dropbox icon
Next to my drop icon in by toolbar on top of my Mac laptop is a red circle with a number one in it. What is that and how do I get rid of it? Thanks in advance.
How do I prevent automatic synching of new folders?
Dear Community, I am using what is for me a basic feature of dropbox, i.e. working on files stored on several computers, which are synched when modified. So, no problem when we have the folders A, B and C and whenever one of us is updating a file in one of these folders, they appear via synching on they other PCs, eg. X,…
Moving 500GB+ files between Dropbox accounts
How do I seamlessly move 500GB+ files between 2 Dropbox accounts? FYI, I have Business account on the origin account and Enterprise on the destination account, so 500GB can fit. I tried sharing folders (have to do it one by one as if the folder has too many files or too big in size, even sharing failed), they got shared,…
How long can Smart Sync take to free up space when marking files as Online Only?
how long does it take to sync files to online only vs my hard drive? Approx 247 GB
Determine if file has finished synchronising
I have a simple problem: I store some data in DropBox which is shared between multiple people Several times people have started editing the data bnefore it has finished synchronising What I want is a simple routine which I can add to my application which determines whether a named file is synchronised, i.e. it is the same…
Placing EXE files in a shared Dropbox folder.
Hello all, I made a small .NET Core app that publishes as an .exe with surrounding files. Its a small client manager that gets database information from a SQLite database (which is already saved in Dropbox) in the project folder. Now, I've been wanting to distribute by app to the rest of my workplace, but I've run into a…
Deleted folders keep reappearing. What can I do?
I had this problem and putting a file in the folder did not resolve it, it immediately re-created the folder after I deleted it from the Finder (Mac 10.13.3). What did work was to choose Pause Syncing from the Dropbox menu bar widget, delete the file in Finder, then create a new folder with the same name (this is what I…
MS Word inserted date and times are incorrect in Dropbox version of file
The MS Word inserted date and time stamp is incorrect in the Dropbox version of my Word file but all other changes made to the text in that file are correctly made/updated as the file gets saved. I thought maybe that had something to do with it being inserted in the Header but when I inserted the time and date in the body…
How can I prevent my pics from uploading automatically to Dropbox when I plug my phone into my PC?
When I plug my phone into my computer (windows) it automatically starts uploading pictures into dropbox. I don't see anywhere on my computer to access dropbox preferences. I have Win 10 (with a win 7 emulator installed). I don't see a dropbox app/program anywhere.
spinning wheel - starting
This problem started back about a year ago and I blamed it on horrible internet. Now I am starting work up again and have good internet and the problem persists. The dropbox icon is grey and when I click on it there is a spinning wheel and it says "starting..." but nothing ever starts and I can't access anything. Please…
Can't Upload to Business Dropbox
I am having difficulty uploading files and syncing folders in a work related shared folder. I had a basic account and then tried a free 30 day trial of the business account. Now that a a co-worker has shared a folder that uses a company account, I keep getting the following message when I try to upload or edit anything.…
Camera Upload - can I select by folder/albums?
Camera upload seem to sync all my images from my phone (andriod). However, I only wanted to sync those photos from my camera roll but not those from certain other sources...for example whatsapp, etc. Is this possible?
deleted files re-synced for no reason
hello, i have deleted about 500 jpg files (out of 2000 files big folder), dropbox started to sync whole account and downloaded the deleted files again. On website i can see they were removed - i even have option to restore them, but i want them gone for good from all synced devices. i don't wanna selectively remove them…
Can no longer save outlook emails to Dropbox
In the past I've copied over certain emails from my Outlook inbox into Dropbox just by using copy/paste function. These would bring attachments along with the original message text and are a backup record for my business. I can't seem to do this anymore but can open the email message attachments one at a time and copy them…

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