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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…
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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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Links in excel not getting updated
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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…
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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?
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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 (:
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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…
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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…
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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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Deleting dropbox files from just my computer
I use dropbox for work, but only use a select few files and can easily just go onto dropbox online to download the files I need. I had the dropbox app installed on my laptop, but hundreds of other colleages files were downloading onto my laptop and using up all of my hard drive space. I have completely unlinked and deleted…
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Not enough storage on Mac but my external USB does not seem to support the new dropbox
Hi, I use an external disk to host my dropbox account as I don't have enough storage to save all my documetns on my laptop's hard drive. It used to work perferctly but I now get messages asking me to move my Dropbox folder to a filesystem or partition that meets the new requirementso to make sure that my files continue to…
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All my files are syncing automatically, Dropbox is now full and trying to sync more.
I did not try to add any files to Dropbox, it started syncing all my files on it's own, is now full and is still wanting to sync more. Can this be stopped? If I delete the unwanted files will they also be deleted off my laptop?????
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Stop syncing a folder
Can I stop syncing with a folder? We have a folder that is very large and my laptop has run out of storage. I don't need this data on my laptop so is there a way to stop syncing with it?
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Not getting notifications when a new file is added
Hello, I am not receiving push notifications in my desktop when a new file is added to any of my folders or subfolders, and I definitely need this. I don’t know if it is related, but I have Boxifier working together with Dropbox.
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Where - in my Windows C Drive - are Dropbox Program Files Located?
Hi BACKGROUND: I've adopted a policy of keeping 'all' my PC Files & Folders 'only' on a 'Portable' Hard Drive. None are kept on my PC's C: Drive. This is to avoid issues if my Laptop is Ransom-Attacked, Lost, Stolen, Corrupted or Damaged (as my Data is safer if held only on my Portable Hard Drive, and on a USB Drive).…
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One of my files reported that it wasn't compatible and had 0 bytes?
Please help!!! I'm a professional writer and i've been working between my imac, macbook pro and ipad for years and everything syncs together perfectly until today. I went to open a file to work and it says zero bytes and not compatible. It does this on all my devices.
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Android App not uploading photos anymore
Paid dropbox account, Samsung S4 Dropbox app on android device no longer uploads photos. Trying clearing cache on android device, no luck
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Desktop app resyncs all 2.4 million files weekly
Hey everyone, I'm syncing over 2.4M files on my DBX Business account. Long story short, it's really unstable. On both Mac and Windows the desktop app resyncs _all_ files every week or so, and Smart Sync has caused thousands of random files to go to "Online-only" with no user input, causing a plethora of desktop issues for…
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Music file attributes (album, artist) not present in all sync'd mp3 files.
I have a Win10 machine where I save songs from vinyl and apply file attributes like Album, Artist, Title, etc (using mp3Tag v2.89a). These files will sync just fine to my other AWS Win10 machine, but about 60 out of 320 will not show any attributes that were present in the originals. Just the standard mp3 file name and…
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would i still be able to continue uploading if i turn off my pc then turn it back on
if i was to turn my pc off then turn it back on will it continue uploading when back on and conected to wifi
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Dropbox keeps complaining about "Can't Sync 'System Volume Information'"
Dropbox Windows client 3.0.5, running on Windows 8.1 I have a dedicated partition / drive for Dropbox, and Windows created "System Volume Information" folder on its root directory. Dropbox client keeps saying: Indexing "System Volume Information"... Can't Sync "System Volume Information" (access denied) I tried to use…
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Uploading Same Folder - Duplicates or Overwrites?
Good Morning All, I keep a work folder on my computer that I make additions/changes to throughout the week. I want to start backing this folder up to my dropbox weekly but I don't want to have to go through and remember which files I actually changed. So my question is if I have a folder that I upload to Dropbox with the…
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Quickbooks Pro Desktop and DropBox
I have been wanting to use Quickbooks Desktop on multiple computers. I don't share it with anyone else but need access to it from a couple of different computers depending on my situation. I was having sync issues where there would be conflicted copies, etc. I know this is because the other computers that are syncing with…
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missing files and folders when syncing FROM Dropbox TO Desktop on a MAC.
Hi, I am trying to sync files and folders from Dropbox onto my Desktop on a Mac. I have checked for invalid special characters already. I don't think I have selective sync turned ON. (I'm not sure) And when I try to initiate another Sync, Dropbox tells me its up to date. Thanks, Klbc8042
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Can't access files on Dropbox because it's full
I can't access my files on Dropbox because the storage is full. How can I access them to delete some files so I'm under the limit? I've tried it from my phone and from my computer. Neither work.
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Dropbox suspension from administer
Hi. I had given from my administer 1-TB space to use. I was using my folder and files from my PC and synchronize them to dropbox. Now my administer suspeded me. The entire folder is removed from my PC. Doesn't it mean syncronising is to have a copy in dropbox and the other copy on my PC? Now I can't get my folder even if I…
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Mount Dropbox as external device
Hey Forum, I know this is getting old, but I can't belive it has no solution. I have a VPS with 40GB hard drive. I'll need a DropBox account with an insane, size of some terrabytes. Now I want obviously reach these files from the VPS (CentOS 7 Linux without GUI) via a folder. So how can I mount the DropBox share like an…
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Old versions of Documents replacing new versions
I have two laptops, Windows 8.1 (my main device) and Windows 10 which I rarely use. 8.1 had to go into a repair shop so i set about setting up dropbox on W10 with dropbox. It had some old files on it from the last synch several months back. When i checked on the synch - and luckily for me it was very slow - i found that…