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Selective Photo Upload on iOS
Hi, There is a feature on iOS to upload all photos taken and delete the source photos. However I only want to upload some of my photos and I also want to decide into which folder they go. In the moment the steps I have to do are: - go into the dropbox app, create a folder - select and upload the photos I like to this…
How to speed up Dropbox uploads on iPhone
Dropbox sync only happens when I have the Dropbox iPhone app actively open, and even then it takes about 5 minutes to upload a single photo. This is for camera roll sync.
How can I move my camera upload's photos to another folder (possibly out of Dropbox)?
Trying to move camera uploaded photos to a separate folder outside of dropbox. Cant seem to figure out the process. Thank you for your help.
Dropbox excel sheet update from web
I have an excel sheet that pulls football scores from the web. The info only updates new scores if I open the excel sheet from the original computer I made sheet on. I want to be able to open my dropbox from another computer and have scores update.
preserving dropbox sync status in a windows 10 restore
after the recent windows 10 update I am having issues that require that I restore windows 10 to pre-upddate status. I did this once last year and it destroyed the sync between dropbox desktop and dropbox cloud. I still haven't fully recovered from that nightmare. I want to do it right this time. what should I do with…
How do I stop Dropbox downloading all my files to every connected device?
How do I stop Dropbox from downloading all my files to every device? I have a pid account. I only want certain files downloaded on certain devices. Now every time upload video files to my iPad (which has plenty of storage left), and then go back to my Macbook Air, I automatically get all those files on it and then my hard…
Disk space full with online only syncing
Everything in my dropbox folder is set as online only for syncing. However I can no longer save a file to the drop box as it is saying my disc space is full. I thought online only with smart sync means nothing is stored on your computors hard drive. Where am I going wrong?
Every time I open a Powerpoint file I get an error message from DB for no reason
I have powerpoints in unshared, regular folders that are synced to Dropbox as I've always done before. But now when I open the files (without moving them at all), I get a message If you move this file to (the folder it currently resides in with everything else), it won't be available in Dropbox or on any devices." This is…
Showing a shared Dropbox folder in the Finder
The folder I shared with myself does not show in Finder. I have an access only within the browser. I use two computers. I created a folder in Computer 1 and now I want to access to the folder from Computer 2. From Computer 1, I control-clicked the folder, selected "share," and emailed a sharing request to my email address.…
Tons of duplicate photos
I have a TON of duplicate photos on my computer & dropbox. I delted some off my computer directly but when I sync with dropbox, dropbox put them all back on my laptop. I'm wondering if I have all my photos on my laptop, delete ALLLLLL the photos from dropbox (by logging into the cloud version), then cleanup my photos on my…
good reader will not connect with dropbox
hi when trying to access dropbox via goodreader i get the following error message: ERROR invalid server response: HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request. on my other Ipad I didnot experience any problems.
I can't see either my videos or photos in Dropbox
Hi i am a foster carer have uploaded videos of a child about to go to adoption and none of them will now play on my computer. I checked my mobile and they play on there - these are very valuable and I need to delete them from my phone for storage but am frightened now they won't play.
Write to a Dropbox folder on NTFS from linux
Hello all, I need some help with a syncing problem: I plan to dual-boot linux and windows 10 (which is currently my main OS) and was wonderring if I can install dropbox in linux and get it to sync the Dropbox folder that resides on a NTFS partition. The idea is not to have the same data twice (once on the NTFS partition…
Local file modified date is different from server
Hello. In a synced dropbox (ver. 54.4.90) folder, the date of a file is different in its local version and in its server version. The files’ content is the same but the displayed dates are not: one is “10/19/2017 10:11 PM” and the other is “28/2/2012 6:16 pm”. Please see the attached screen prints. Why does it happens?…
My video small never finishes uploading.
I am trying to upload a 683 MB video and it is never done uploading. The progress bar is full and it says there are 0 seconds left, but it won't actually complete. I've tried it twice and this last time I waited for over 12 hours but it still says the same thing.
My videos won't upload to the shared folder. Why?
I uploaded several videos without any issues. I then tried uploading more videos to another shared folder and the videos just sit in the folder. When I click out of the folder and then back in, the folder reads empty. Videos never upload.
Upload Error (server error) - Tried Multiple Browsers
Hi, I've been trying to upload a collection of 15 .mov files and the last 3 files will not upload. I keep getting an error (shown attached) saying there's an upload error (server error). I have space remaining, I have tried multiple browsers and computers, I have tried to uplaod to different folders within my account, and…
Files uploaded to a shared folder come with a red circle and an X on them. Why?
I just uploaded a bunch of PDFs to a shared dropbox folder and instead of the green circle with checkmark to the right, they're accompanied by a red circle with an X. Does anyone know what this means?
Syncing issue on Ubuntu
Pls, I installed Dropbox on Ubuntu but it does not syncronize my file into drobox when I update them from another device! Thanks in advance
Dropbox appears to save, but file is missing
I'm having trouble with saving a few files to Dropbox. It's installed on my PC. I create the file and save it in my Dropbox file, as I have done for the last few years I've used Dropbox. When I open my files, the new Dropbox files are not appearing. My old files are still there, but the new ones I just saved are not there.…
Camera Upload Error on Mac OS High Sierra/ Photos...Could Not Be Imported
Since April 10, I've been spending a LOT of time trying to upload photos and videos from my iPhone 7 [iOS 11.3 (15E216)] to my Mac [macOS High Sierra (Version 10.14.4)]. It used to do that no problem, but no more. Sometimes I get only an error message, while other times, I get a message that makes me hopeful -- "Finding…
Dropbox won't upload my image which is 102 Mb tiff format
Using Mac book pro Dropbox won't upload my image which is 102 Mb tiff format. Why is that i have also tried uploading a small jpg image still says there was a problem with the server try again. Please help.
Mac photos on dropbox
I have both the "Camera Uploads" and "Photos Library.photoslibrary" on Dropbox. I want to take both of them off because I now have my photos on the Apple cloud. How can I take them both off and make sure I don't permantly delete any of my photos? Thank you, L
Photos stopped uploading for no reason
I was uploading photos to my Dropbox folder on my iMac and suddenly I could not upload any more. There was no warning. My Dropbox folder's size is 608 MB. Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong? Thanks!
How to stop ._ (dot dash) files being uploaded
I recently switched my storage folder from internal hard drive to my external drive. Since then, in every drive there's a duplicate under the extension of ._xxxx as well as "conflicted copy of xxxx". Can't delete files on the root folder which isn't nice and every new file gets duplicated. Solutions to delete…
Can you help me backup my emails?
Brand new to Dropbox. There is no obvious way to save and sync emails. Folders are easy as they show up as a 'button' within the screen but there is no 'email' option. Dropbox doesn't appear on my 'email screen' I'm looking to back up/sync emails so if the computer ever fails I have a back up. (We lost them all when we…

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