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Using Dropbox Camera Upload and Apple iCloud Photos
Hello, I have been using Dropbox automatic Camera Upload to backup photos that I take on my iPhone. I would also like to use Apple iCloud Photos to backup and syncronize my photos across multiple Apple devices. Once you take a photo with the iPhone the iCloud Photos functionality uploads the original photo and associated…
Is there a way to sync my files from the web to my desktop but not the other way around?
Hello, I want to prevent dropbox from syncing back to the cloud files that are already on my computer.. or I want only to sync from dropbox to computer I do not have enough space in the cloud to have all the files.. so there is a folder I do not wish to sync back to the cloud but if there are new files on it to sync to…
Opening an MS Access file will create a duplicate file
Opening an MS Access file (e.g. Personal.accdb) on my Dropbox will create a duplicate file, where the original file is duplicated and a number added for each time I have tried opening the file (e.g. Personal1.accdb, Personal2.accdb, ...). The original file is not updated and may result is obsolete data as I use a direct…
What does the blue icon on my files mean?
What do the two blue arrows on documents that are on my desktop mean. I'm assuming it's some soft of indication that the file is replicated on Dropbox.com but why can't we get notified before changes are implemented and have some sort of explanation
How do I access files on someone else's dropbox account?
A friend started a dropbox account for some minimal exchanges of files. I opened up a dropbox account but am unable to locate a way to access his files nor am I able to upload files. For a period of time, I was able to go to my email and get on the account and upload files, by clicking on his email notification, but no…
Some of my photos look darker on the Dropbox website.
I just uploaded photos, and they are much darker than they should be. Meaning, something in Dropbox darkened my photos from their original appearance. Anyone know what is going on?
Why am I still able to see a folder I selectively synced in my Dropbox folder?
I am trying to use selective sync to free space on my ****** drive, on a laptop using a Windows 10 platform. I have moved those files & folders on Dropbox that i do not need to have on my ****** drive into a Dropbox folder i named selective sync - there is a total of 38GB worth of files in there. I went into the Dropbox…
Jamie saved days of time by storing video production files in Dropbox
Meet Jamie, Head of Post Production on a Video Production team. This is Jamie’s story… What brought us to Dropbox We had no way to share files easily, but needed to share files in the office between our machines, to our home machines or portable devices, and with clients and freelancers. We would spend days sending…
Anca never needs to worry about losing files on a crashed computer again
Meet Anca, an online education designer who uses Dropbox so she never has to worry about losing files on a crashed computer again. This is Anca’s story… What brought me to Dropbox My forever love relationship with Dropbox started during my second semester of my master’s degree. I was enrolled in an online course that was…
Need for DOS-command to know if files are already synched
Hello all, For a specific situation I have need to check for each file in the local dropbox folder if it's already been synched with the cloud or not.I can LOOK with my eyes and check the Icon, but this doesn't work for me, because I have thousands of files per day.So I do need to automate this. I want to automate it by…
Sync speed slower than my network speed by a long long way
My drop box sync speed on my mac pro is very very slow. i have ran a speed test on my network and i have 50mb download and 10mb upload speed. When i look at my drop box sync speed its at 4 or 5 kb. this is utterly useless. my syncs are like 3 hours long!! how can i get a better sync speed please help this is no good!
Can you explain the difference between Smart Sync and Selective Sync?
I'm considering the Basic plan for Dropbox. I briefly read the differences between Selective Sync and Smart Sync. Is Selective Sync a "hot sync", in that the dropbox folder is continually monitored and sync to the "listening" folders? Is there a monthly charge for Selective Sync? If so, please advise.
How Andy took his life off of flash drives with Dropbox Folders and Paper
Meet Andy, a Dropbox devotee who has moved his personal and work files from flash drives to Dropbox. This is Andy’s story… What brought me to Dropbox Before I used Dropbox, it was such a pain transferring files between by devices when I was on the go, or needed to do work somewhere that wasn't my main computer. I have a…
Future Support for Linux?
Hi.. That other thread is getting really, really long, so I thought I'd pose a question here, for someone from Dropbox to answer, rather than the complaints and rants in the other thread. :-) Right at this moment I'm considering going through the pain of shifting my DB folder to ext4 despite the security/stability issues…
Why are the videos I upload to my Dropbox account playing sound but no picture?
I have never had this problem before and it is very frustrating. I have a ton of concert videos that I took on my Iphone. They upload to dropbox. From there I copy them to my PC and create folders to save them. I have done this for years. But now when I do it all I get is a music note and sound. The videos are not there. I…
iphone files uploading to dropbox
I installed dropbox on my iphone6 in order to access some audio files on my phone from my laptop. I have a dropbox plus account. the files were made with the voice recorder app. They were placed in a dropbox folder on my phone. when I went to dropbox on my laptop the new folder was there but no files. the files all say…
Smart Sync Online Only Files still using disc space
I am using smart sync on multiple Macs, one running macos 10.12.6 and the other running macos 10.14, they both are showing my ****** disks are almost full even though the majority of the files are set to online only. When I choose Get Info I show a size of 687GB (38 GB on disk) for 60,699 items. So though it should only be…
I need to get Dropbox to stop synching 1Password
OK, I have to get Dropbox synching 1password. I talked to a Dropbox supposrt person whos said go to settings and then connected apps and delete 1 password and it would stop. NOw I'm typing tis from memory so I might have the jargon wrong, anyway it doesn't work and not only can't get dropbox to stop, it has come back and…
I have a syncing issue due to my VPN settings. Can you help?
Hi ! It's been 2 weeks (I think) that dropbox doesn't sync when any of my VPN server are off. I don't use any weird VPN client, I just set a regular VPN, in the Win10 settings panel. Adding the VPN server adress, and done : https://image.ibb.co/k2k2Zf/Capture.png I'm pretty sure it has worked for more than a year : The…
Very Slow to Upload and then freezes
I have been trying to upload a folder of photos and I find Dropbox very slow to upload and this time, it got stuck on one file and does not seem to progress. I have a macbook pro Sierra 10.12. Not sure what I need to do to speed up things as this been taking hours. Would welcome advice on the fastest method to upload in…
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Warning message about deleted files
I have received an email alert from Dropbox, advising that I have deleted a large number of files from my Dropbox Pro account. When I log on to the web portal, or when I look on my Mac, all of my files are still there, visible and working. But when I check my deleted folder online, I can see a greyed out list of all of my…
Uploading data to online only via desktop app
If I upload large files by copying them onto my harddrive in a folder in my dropbox that it set to "online only", will this upload the file and then delete it from my harddrive? Is that how it works?
I am having trouble uploading videos from my camera. Photos go fine. Never videos. Any help?
I have a Sony 6300. I have been looking through the settings on Dropbox and on my camera only to find no supporting reasons why this isn't working. Every time I plug my camera in to upload to dropbox all of the photos go automatically without a problem, but the videos never go at all. Why would this be? Anything helps (:
Can't delete Dropbox team folder
I created a "Testing" team folder for trial purposes. Then I archived it. 1. The Testing folder is under my files. 2. When I try to delete a team folder under Files, I get "You can archive team folders in the Admin Console. Go to Admin Console" 3. The Testing folder is no longer on the Admin Console. How do I remove the…
I have two Dropbox folders on my computer
On my pc, there two distinct Dropbox folders. If I click on the mdesktop icon, it opens to a recently installed Dropbox with new files. When I click on the Dropbox icon in the task bar, a differentDropbox opens with my old data. My tablet android tablet and android phone both have Dropbox an open to the old folder. How do…
Can't upload multiple files
I'm using Dropbox for the first time and can't seem to select multiple photos off my computer to upload to Dropbox. It says that I cannot select multiple photos from this location, try selecting a single file instead. I have many photos to upload, cannot select one by one, it will take forever. Please help. Thank you.

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