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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.
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).…
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.
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
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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
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.
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…
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…
My Windows desktop app replaced my updated documents with older versions upon re-linking.
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…
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 can I prevent Dropbox from syncing 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.

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