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Android app upload veryyyyyyy slow
Hi. For couple weeks now uploading photos using the android app is terribly slow. I am uploading photos using the (+) button at the bottom right corner then selecting "Upload photos or video". It takes hours to upload 30 photos. And it takes 2 minutes using the google drive app. So it is not an internet speed issue. (400…
Run Dropbox as Service, without being logged on
I have been scouring the internet for how to setup Dropbox to run on Windows Server 2012 R2 as a service. I have seen tutorials for 3rd party applications that will start it on boot and allow sync, but I cannot use any additional software in my company environment. I want Dropbox to be up and syncing 24/7, but this is not…
Multiple users in excel working at same time/saving issues.
My coworker and I work out of the same excel sheet. Can we both edit the sheet without it creating a duplicate. Ours keeps creating a duplicate file when we save the sheet after we have individually made changes.
Same file Different folders
Hi there, I need to know if it's possible to make changes on a file which is shared with many different members, I mean the same file exists in different folders and I want to change it once for all of them .. Thanks.
Permission Denied - Access Denied - Can't Sync - After clean Windows 10 reinstall
My Dropbox icon on the taskbar states it is 'Indexing 4 files... Cant Sync ....jpg (access denied). I'd either like to sync those files or delete them. I can't find those file doing a search on my hard drive or my phone. How do I do that?
uploading photos without wifi
is it possible to upload photos on an iphone to a computer via a cable rather than accross wifi?
Selective Sync and subfolder
Hi, in the admin console, I've created a Team Folder. The standard synchronisation for this folder is set to "standardmäßig nicht synchronisiert", which must be something like "not synced by default". Each Team Member has to check the folder in the Selective Sync settings. Only then it is synced to the local Dropbox…
My desktop app says that it's up to date, but it's not syncing
My dropbox folder on my app does not appear to be syncing, even though from the icon it says it is up to date? Its clearly not though, as anything I saved there in the last 6 days does not appear when I log in via the website on a different computer?
How can I move files to a specific folder in Dropbox when using file explorer?
I found that Dropbox was making my Pc's and laptops unusable because synching dropbox content to them meant that Dropbox files were still using all the space on my hard drive! So now I am stopping the synching altogether and trying to just use the browser access to stop my hard drive becoming clogged up. The problem I have…
Antivirus detected malware in the Dropbox cache folder
I don't know if this is the right category. Also, I tried searching here for a solution first, but the posts were all locked. I just started using Dropbox. I don't have many files in it. Since May 10, my virus software has found Gen:Variant.Kazy 512414 in my \.dropbox.cache. The file is ~834b6cda.tmp. The only thing I…
How do the Smart Sync icons work and what do they mean?
I have used Smartsync to make space on my computer ( very useful). But I do not understand how the 3 symbols interact and work: 1 - Cloud symbol ( I get that: file is on the cloud not on the computer) 2 - Green tick in white circle ( dont understand this?) 3 - Green tick fully green ( I think I understand this: happens…
Blue sync icons appear on my Windows 10 desktop
On occasion, blue sync icons will appear on files and shortcut links that are located on my Win 10 Desktop. None of the files are related or stored in Dropbox. What is causing this. The only way to remove them is to reboot my machine. Any idea what is causing these sync issue to appear.
Photos tab on iOS shows photos all over the account
Hi, I share a folder with a gazillion photos and I don't want to see them mixed in with the photos I take on my iphone and upload via the photos tab. How can I choose to see only photos that I upload into Camera Uploads? Thanks!
Sending files via email to folders
I need to be able to send files to specific folders in dropbox via email. Is this possible? I do not want to have to login to 64 different accounts to update the files.
Desktop app stuck indexing one file for over 24 hours
My desktop app has been stuck indexing for well over 24 hours at this point. It states that it is Indexing 1 File, Syncing 56 files, and Downloading 106 files. The files that need to sync and download are changes my team has made since it began indexing and got locked up. I have tried unlinking and relinking, restarting my…
Dropbox Stuck at "starting" and "checking for changes"
Hi all, Since 11th December 2018, my Dropbox application on my mac has syncing issues. The status on my Dropbox application would either say "Starting" and "Checking for changes" when I restarted it. And it doesn't change even after leaving it alone for over 12 hours. Sometimes the files will show up as "blue spinning…
Transferring files from dedicated server
I own a Linux remote dedicated server. Is it possible to bulk upload files to Dropbox?
Nothing works to enable smart sync
I have a Dropbox Plus plan and am running Windows 10. My PC is out of space and I need to get a lot of the Dropbox files off my PC. I've read Help articles & posts in the community, and nothing is working. I have downloaded and run the Dropbox installer 5 times, and there is still no icon in my system tray. When I click…
Dropbox doesn't sync when I logout from session
Hi, guys! Sorry for my english =( Dropbox syncs normally when I log in. I quit the session, throw the file over the network into the dropbox folder, I go through the web interface, but there is no file there. Synchronization does not go. I log into the server again, and the file is synchronized. The service is up and…
Dropbox and Transcend JetDrive Lite expansion cards
I was wondering if anyone had had any success storing their Dropbox folder on one of these expansion cards? I have one for my MacBook Pro and would love to keep a rather large Dropbox folder on there but when I try to I get an error message saying that some files can't be moved, please select a new location or close some…
Can I delete files on Mac that are uploaded to Dropbox and not lose them?
I am trying to find a solution/alternative for my storage on my Macbook Pro. Basically, I want to upload certain folders from my Mac that contain large files (i.e. video) to Dropbox and then be able to delete them on my Mac so space is saved. iCloud allows me to upload, but if I delete them on my Mac, they will disappear…
folder name change causes sync issues
Hi, I'm renaming folders in an attempt to get shorter paths (to get rid of these sync problems). Renaming a folder has lead to sync issues several times. After changing a folder name on the mac desktop app (v57.4.89) dropbox displays the "can't sync folder not empty" error for some folder contained in the folder with…
OSX doesn't save screenshots to Dropbox anymore
Hey, I got a brand new MacbookPro and although I activated the Share screenshots via Dropbox option in the Import tab, screenshots are still saved under my Mac's Documents folder. Here's my config : - Dropbox v26.4.24 - OSX 10.12.5 Btw I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, didn't work either. But I didn't remove…
How can I use Kindlebox to get my Kindle books on Dropbox?
Hi I want to send books that I have saved on Dropbox to my Kindle and I read online that you can do this automatically if you set up Kindlebox on Dropbox - can;t find Kinbdlebox anywahere on my Dropbox app on my laptop. Anyone able to assist me please? thanks a mil
Can I delete the dropbox-dist-tmp folders on linux?
I keep getting a message from Dropbox that it cannot sync because I am out of disk space. I used a disk space analyzer and it turns out that Dropbox itself is using approx 600MB accross multiple folders with the name dropbox-dist-tmp-XXXXXX (they are located in my /home/): > du -sch .dropbox* 2.2M .dropbox 191M…
How can I upload a picture from a text message to Dropbox?
how can I post a picture from a text to dropbox WITHOUT needing to add an email, name, or group?
I'd like utilize Dropbox as a backup however I have some syncing-specific questions.
Hello, My goal was to use dropbox to backup the stuff on my computer, but need more clarification on how the syncing works. I'll list my questions below: 1. Can I upload a folder from my computer to dropbox, and then delete the folder from my computer without it also be deleted from dropbox? My goal is to use dropbox as a…
drag and drop not working locally on Mac 10.10.5
(I'm sorry if this was answered elsewhere - I tried to find a post but couldn't.) Why has drag and drop suddenly stopped working? I was working on dragging and dropping photos & video from Photos on my MacBook Pro OS 10.10.5 Yosemite. All afternoon I could select a group of photos from the Photos application and drop them…

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