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I'm working with Adobe Lightroom Classic and Dropbox doesn't sync some .db files
Hi everyone. Using Lightroom Classic and Dropbox. I am getting messages from Dropbox that some preview files can sync. See attached. Also when I sync again folders with my computer thumbnails are very slow to populate again in my screen. See below. Anyone experiencing something similar? Thanks for your feedback
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How to revert all files from "online-only" and save to local disk?
Awhile back I used SmartSync to free up disk space. I'm now trying to ensure all files are on the local disk rather than only online. Is there a way to accomplish this? One idea: under preferences in the Dropbox.com settings I found an option to drop the Dropbox file extension, which "allows Dropbox to store files as…
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How to restore non-synchronized folders
I have two laptops running Windows 10. On each system I have 8 top-level folders in Dropbox, of which F1-F6 I've set to "Make available offline" and F7-F8 "Make online-only". I've recently acquired a third laptop running Windows 10. On setting up Dropbox on this new laptop I got an unexpected prompt along the lines of…
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Best way to sync the Downloads and Desktop folders across my Macs
Hi everyone, I need to keep my Downloads and Desktop folders synchronised (in addition to the Dropbox folder) across all my Macs. What’s the best way to do this using Dropbox, if it’s possible? Thanks.
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I can't see another user's updates on a shared file and they can't see mine
Please, I am sharing a file that weighs only 120 megabytes with a user who has 1.5Gb of free space in his account. We have shared the file for more than 4 weeks, today when I made an update the user cannot see it, nor can I see the updates he has made. please does anyone know what is happening and how to fix it?
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The Dropbox desktop app gets stuck syncing for the team on MacOS
To clarify, dropbox works 95% of the time, so it's not a sync issue. But for me and my whole dropbox team, roughly once or twice a day, dropbox completely binds up. For example, I have double clicked to open a 6MB file and it's been 20min and still nothing. The icon at the top says syncing but the file never actually…
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Is file sync from Dropbox to NAS drive allowed?
Is file sync allowed from Dropbox to local NAS drive? I need one way synchronization ( download) with "Available offline" option. Dropbox is currently set on local "C" drive ( Windows 10) with "Online-only" synchronization. I would like it to be on locally attached NAS drive with full download ("Available offline").…
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The Dropbox app on my Mac computer is not syncing
I'm on a desktop Mac. Got a new iPhone today and had to enable 2FA. Since I did that, my Dropbox is not syncing on my desktop. It says it's Syncing but it's not spinning and nothing is happening. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling it.
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4 files are perpetually syncing on Mac OS, and I can't identify which files
Using Dropbox (version 212.4.5767) on iMac (OS X Ventura). App works fine. But when I pull down the menu from the Dropbox icon in the menu bar, it *always* says "Syncing 4 files" I have no idea what these files are. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Dropbox app. And still the 4 files are syncing 24/7. When I "view sync…
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How to stop my camera photos from being backed up into Dropbox?
I have a desktop computer - HP - and in past I would put my camera scan disk into side of computer and the photos would be downloaded to my computer in my PICTURES folder; now - for some reason they are going into Dropbox which I do not want. Help. How to do I stop this and return to the way things were before?
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I removed folders with selective sync, but they're still syncing.
I used Selective Sync under preferences to uncheck all of my folders and then hit “Update”, in order to free up some space on my laptop ****** drive. However I can still see the folders on my computer and it seems like Dropbox is attempting to sync them (it shows a status of downloading a large number of files, and some of…
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Some available offline files won't preview after changed from online-only on Windows.
I’m afraid we’re are migrating away from Dropbox, however whilst doing so we have noticed the following issue…. (Windows 11 – Latest Dropbox Version). Hence we though this may be useful. * Most of our 2TB files are stored as “Online” only using Selective Sync. * We then change the file status to “Available offline” so…
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Some files are stuck on"waiting to upload" and never sync on macOS unless I double click them.
When adding files to my Dropbox folder on my Mac, I occasionally see some files which appear in the Finder with a dotted line cloud icon in the state "waiting to upload". These files will never sync to Dropbox or my other computers until I manually double click on the file to open it, and THEN the sync starts and shows up…
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I edit my Excel file, but others don't see my updates and a conflicted copy is generated instead.
Hi, my issue is. When iam in document, that is synced in desktop application. It will not make changes for other users and they cant see me in document, when we are in at the same time. And if i save the changes it will not change the document already present, but it creates duplicate with name…
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Dropbox keeps indexing - cannot open local files on macOS Sequoia
I've uploaded two screenshots. I am using MacOS Sequoia 15.1
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Add ".dropboxignore" to automatically ignore files/folders when syncing.
Currently the only way to exclude from dropbox sync is via the GUI as far as I understand. This is extremely cumbersome, because if you are writing code in a directory there are many reasons to want to exclude folders/files such as "node_modules" which can be quite large and hundreds of files while syncing the rest. Adding…
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Files and Folders show up online but not in Windows File Explorer
I have a shared folder that I can see only by using my web browser, and it doesn't show up in Windows File Explorer. I have another shared folder that shows up in Windows File Explorer, but most of the files are missing. I got the person who shared the folders with me to delete them and create new ones. The new ones have…
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Quickbooks .qbw file not syncing
I am having a problem with one of my clients Quickbooks .qbw files not syncing to my shared dropbox folder. The .nd and .dsn files from Quickbooks are syncing but not the .qbw. There are two Quickbooks company files in this shared folder. The other .qbw file is syncing just fine and it is twice the size of the file that is…
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The Linux exclude add [folder] command deletes the [folder] on the server
This is an issue I saw in the community 4 years ago without a solution. I experienced this problem today on my debian Server. Dropbox daemon version: 213.4.4597 Dropbox command-line interface version: 2019.02.14 The funny thing is that already 6 years some folders are nicely excluded on the server without any problems. But…
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Request: All files available offline by default
Moving the Mac to the new File Provider is great - very happy this is finally happening and support on the new M1 is much better. Kudos! Feature request: Really miss the feature to have Dropbox default to making all files downloaded and available for offline open/save. I will always, 100% of the time, want Dropbox to keep…
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Can Dropbox be used as a backup with Time Machine?
Can dropbox be used for backup with time machine. How do I set it up?
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I've installed the Dropbox for Windows update and now I can't make my files offline anymore.
I just got "upgraded" to the newest version of the Dropbox client for Windows, v213.3.4480. After it did the upgrade, it told me that there was some "new update" for Windows, so (perhaps stupidly) I went ahead and agreed to it. Now, all Dropbox files no longer have a status overlay on the icon, but there is a new column in…
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Are symlinks from the Dropbox folder supported or not?
This page: https://help.dropbox.com/sync/symlinks last updated last September says symlinks are supported. Yet when I create a link in my Dropbox folder pointint outside, only the link gets synced [an entry for it that cannot be opened appears on the web], but not the link contents. Is that article wrong or am I doing…
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I edited my files last night, but now my updates are missing.
II updated at least a dozen files last night and when I look now, the files dates show prior years. I've lost a ton of work. Was Dropbox corrupted in the past 24 hours?
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We need an official Dropbox data migration app for faster migration to new machines.
Hi There, Even with a 200Mbps up/down internet connection and a gigabit ethernet connection to a Mac on the same network, it still takes days to migrate Terabytes of data to a new Mac. I've read the instructions about not migrating data via disk copy/migration apps but it's unacceptably slow to login to Dropbox, and wait…
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Turn OFF selective sync, do FULL sync instead?
I see that, under selective sync in settings, I can check all folders - but, if I add a folder, will it start syncing? If not, is there a way to turn OFF selective sync and instead opt for FULL synching? (I just noticed that I thought I had no files in a folder but I actually DID, because I was not synching all the…
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Apple Photos has caused Dropbox mobile camera uploads to upload duplicate images
for years I've been using Dropbox's "camera uploads" feature to upload my iPhone's photos. I also have a separate location on dropbox with a TON of photos from other cameras/sources in a random folder called "photos". recently I thought I would be make my "photos" folder sync local to my Mac, use Apple Photos to to catalog…
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Bring back the "do not sync with Dropbox" option in the right click context menu
the option "do not sync with Dropbox" to reappear in the right click context menu
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I'm now unable to save edited videos?
Suddenly I'm not able to save edited videos anymore? I can do all the edits /trim, cut, rotate, etc) but when I want to save a New Copy nothing happens and I have to abort with "changes not saved"!? Everything worked well until last week when this suddenly occured?? I work on a standard lap top with windows 11 installed,…
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Mac Finder extension incompatible with Google Drive Finder helper Finder extension
I have the same issue that many other people have reported. On my MacBook Pro running MacOS 14.1.2, I have both Dropbox v189.4..8395 Personal Plus (I have never had a beta version) and Google Drive File Stream v85.0.26.0. My Dropbox sync/cloud icons are missing from my Dropbox folder. If I uncheck the Google Drive Finder…