Sync

Note that this isn't the primary function of Dropbox. As you know, the Dropbox site and apps are for syncing files to users and your other devices. However, there is a way using a workaround to keep your files only on the Dropbox site, to keep them safe online, and yet not take up space on your devices.

My IFTTT applets that create or appent to text files in dropbox have not been working reliably for months now. I was just looking at one applet's activity log and it shows that it has run dozens of times recently/today (10/13), but the last file it created in the target folder was on 10/6. Multiple of my applets have been…

Is it possible to stop Dropbox from syncing temp files and cache files that various applications create in the same folder as the file I want to sync? An example is MS Access, which has an accdb file that I want synced, but when I open that file on my PC desktop it temporarily creates a laccdb scratch file of the same file…

I recently upgraded to a new iMac (IS X Yosemite Version 10.10.1) and transferred all my files, programs and settings from the Time Capsule backup from my older Mac. Dropbox seemed to transfer fine, but the sync is perpetually "stuck" with the message "Syncing (3 files remaining)". I have tried unlinking and…

I have a business account and share folders with colleagues that are full of many large documents. To save space on my hard drive, I've unsynced the folders I share with them. However, I didn't do this immediately, so many files synced to my computer before I unchecked them. It appears that these files are still on my hard…

Is this possible? Maybe with Dropbox Business? What I do: I have a desktop that I render architecture scenes on. It has tons of storage. But I also have a laptop with limited storage that I set up scenes and work from. I'd like to keep my most-used Dropbox folders on my laptop interal drive for when I'm on the go. But then…

This is the scenario: Dropbox is up to date, the local folder is identical to the remote folder. You perform a time machine backup, and restore to a new disk. What happens is after restore Dropbox asks for user / pass as it was not installed and then starts resyncing all the thousands of files. What's the sense of this??…

Hi, I am currenlty running into a problem where all of my dropbox files are being held in both dropbox.com and on my computer. As of now i have it set up where i can do to my documents and select dropbox and ADD or Remove files there as well as edit. It functions just as any folder. I am wanting to know how I can choose…

hi. i get "can't sync permission denied" message. so never mind, i just want to get reed of this file now. how do i discard it and stop dropbox from keep doing it?

Is this possible? I know how to selectively sync on my computer, but I can't figure out how to do so on my ipad. HELP!

I have dropbox installed on multiple devices and they all work fine, except it has suddenly stopped uploading on my windows laptop. I moved a load of photos off my phone onto dropbox on my laptop last week and only a handful have uploaded. The icon in my tray says it is syncing 405 files and has 36 minutes left. It's…

Dropbox has stop syncing, yesterday i received a notification that i have to re-install my dropbox. I have re-installed dropbox in my computer but after installation, it says connecting until now. After installation there's a prompt saying that I'm offline even if my internet connection is running. Hoping to hear from you…

Yesterday I try to access to a folder , of another Dropbox user (my sister) and I can't see any files inside this folder. And I realize that I can't see any of my own files in my own folders if i try yo see this by the dropbox web site!!! Today, it continues in the same way: I can see the files in my dropbox folder in my…

If I have two computers with Dropbox and each one is using the same Dropbox account what would happen if I start with both computer synced like this: /Dropbox/Folder1 File1.txt /Dropbox/Folder2 File2.txt Now I turn off computer 2. On computer 1 I change the above to the following by renaming the first folder and deleting…

I have a MacBook Air and do not keep a lot of large files (photos, music, movies, audio etc) on my hard drive. But the other day I got a message that I was out of disc storage! When I investigated it, I discovered that nearly every file on my computer had been duplicated multiple times and given a Dropbox file location.…

I've used Dropbox successfully on my MacBook Pro until recently, when I had problems and re-intalled the app. I've tried several times to reinstall it, but every time I get the message "No Internet Connection - Your computer is currently offline...". It's not offline at all. I've tried searching for an answer to this…

I'm using a shared folder that someone else created. They are providing me files through it. They are saying they uploaded files and see a green checkmark but I don't see the file on my end. It worked with one of their files, but all the others are not visible to me . . . why might this be?

Recently, I've run into a problem where photos stored in Dropbox are not appearing in the Photos app included with Windows 10. At first, I thought this was a bug with the Photos app itself and sought support through Microsoft about it. However, when checking my Crashplan backup, I noticed that it wasn't recognizing any of…

Dropbox seems to be running really really slow and since it's how I share files with a co-author it's causing big problems. I rebooted my computer and it took about 20 minutes for Dropbox to finish "starting" and then it indexed and syncced in a pretty standard amount of time. I made change to several files and they…

I just updated clean my mac ran it and now my Dropbox is resyncing ALL THE FILES. What went wrong? I don't want this to happen again. Thank you. 

The selective sync feature on the desktop is great. But I cannot figure out how to do the same on my phone. I don't want all of my dropbox to sync to my phone, only some. Is this possible?

There's nothing recent about this, but it looks like some people had problems in the past. I only have one iCloud device (an iPhone) so duplicates from other devices won't be an issue like some people seem to have had. I'm being told I can save 26GB in storage space by enabling the iCloud Photo Library. One reason I've…

I unlinked by dropbox and now i can't find anything there that will let me link dropbox again. how do i relink my dropbox... i have found some help on unlinking dropbox but nothing on how to link it back up. how can i relink dropbox?

Hi. I have used Dropbox from iPad not very intensively just putting up a series of photos for family and friends now and then over the last few years. Now I have started using it with my Mac Photos. I have it up at the top of this screen and it is half evident what to do, at least enough for me to find a way. I click…