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Dropbox changes the modification and creation dates on all folders on the desktop app.
This is a problem since I cannot locate the most recent folders out of thousands easily. I use Drive for other backup items and it doesn't change my dates. Please fix this issue. I've seen others on the Community requesting the same fix.
My saved (InDesign) file is not synced after saving it on my Mac
Hello, Yesterday I worked on some files (InDesign) on my Mac Studio at home. Today I am working at a client on my laptop, but on the way in the train I wanted to make some changes to my InDesign-file. It turns out that the file has not been synced on Dropbox. I 100% saved it because before I left I saved an closed the file…
Moving files from Dropbox back onto PC
Hi everyone. I wish there was a phone number to call for this but oh well. So my issue is, is that many files that were associated with my Student DropBox account became inaccessible on my PC. I downloaded all the files that are stored on my account (resulting in copies of the original files) and the moved the files from…
Camera Uploads from USB drive not working
I have Autoplay set up to import new photos from USB drives, and this has worked for years on my old USB stick. I've started using a new one, but it refuses to upload any of the photos to my Camera Uploads folder. I still have enough space left, and it offers me the chance to add the drive to my Backup (but this doesn't…
File explorer "not responding" error during move to Dropbox
I was uploading a large amount of files via "move" from my Desktop. The File Explorer froze and went to "Not responding" part way through and now my files are neither in the original location nor did they move to Dropbox. Is there any way to recover them or force the upload? I'm set to lose hundreds of photos of my…
Why do my Dropbox files also take up space from my hard drive?
OK I know this probably seems like a dumb question, but bear with me... I am cleaning up storage on my PC and I see that Dropbox is taking up a huge chunk of memory on my hard drive. But I thought Dropbox was in the cloud. What gives? Is everything I put into Dropbox being saved to two places?
The device is blocked when connecting iPhone with my PC.
When I connect my iPhone to the PC the synchronization doesn't start and I get this message "The device is blocked Dropbox could not import photos because Apple iPhone may be blocked. Unlock it and try again." My Dropbox plan is the 3TB one and I have about 15 thousand photos on my phone (I don't know if this info will be…
'Don't Sync' to Dropbox context menu is very useful
All, Just wanted to promote the 'don't sync' to drobox option that has appeared with a recent update (seems to coincide with the File Provider releases?) as I have seen some users confused as to what it does/can do so i thought I'd share how i use it (rightly or wrongly). I work in several apps that save/store files in one…
Manually uploading content using the mobile app restricts to 400 at a time.
I bought Dropbox 2TB. I am thinking of canceling the subscription. I think Dropbox is such a waste. Even after 4 days, not even 500 photos are uploaded to Dropbox from my iPhone. I tried selecting photos and upload, there is a restriction to select all and I can select only 400. I have 16000 photos how can I do this.…
It doesn't seem to be a connection & sync between Scrivener and Dropbox.
I have used dropbox to sync Scrivener files between iPhone, iPad and iMac for some time and it worked no problem. Recently I upgraded to a new Mac running Sonoma 14.6.1 and when I went to check the files in dropbox there are only a handful there. The dropbox app doesn't acknowledge any kind of sync issue. I am totally…
Fall Photography Tips & Tricks
Fall, or autumn as we call it here in Ireland, is arguably the most photogenic season. Missing out on capturing its beauty would be a shame. Here’s how you can make the most of this vibrant time of year with some simple photography tips. Play with Colour in Your Composition The fall colour palette is so recognisable and it…
Dropbox Backup: Untouched large file keeps restarting upload
I have one large old file (200GB) among many small ones in a folder being uploaded to Dropbox Backup. However, the upload appears to be continually restarting, even though no software on the computer should be touching the file for any kind of write. I've left my computer running with updates disabled for three days…
"Don't Sync" option missing on Windows 11
It'd be nice if there was a way (it appears there used to be?) to exclude a folder/files from syncing on Dropbox. I realize I could just keep those files outside of the Dropbox folder, but this would be inconvenient for my own organization of files. At the link below it looks like there used to be a "Don't sync on Dropbox"…
Android devices not syncing with my PC
I have Dropbox set up on 3 devices, my Windows PC, an Android tablet and an Android mobile phone. The two android devices are no longer syncing with the main PC app. I have cleared cache via the Dropbox settings, logged out and on again, and deleted & downloaded the Dropbox again. Still no luck with syncing to the PC.…
Can't upload photos from Samsung phone to Dropbox
Why cant dropbox upload my photos from my Galaxy phone
Can we have the "Sync Next" option for folders too?
It will make my life so much easier if I could choose what folder should be sync first, or at least have the option to make a file sync next, I dont know why this option disappeared.. Im a photographer and I work with a lot of photos. every time Im editing the dropbox takes forever to upload my original unedited photos…
Dropbox is stuck at indexing ever since I installed the app on my new MacBook Pro.
I got a new MacBook Pro and installed Dropbox. It worked for a while but suddenly stopped working without me realizing. It seems to be stuck at "Indexing...". Now I have many files locally on the computer in my Dropbox folder that are not synced. I also tried to make a backup copy of the Dropbox folder's content but I get…
How can I only upload the photos from my phone and not my computer to Dropbox?
Hello All, I've noticed that (for awhile now) after I enabled the "Turn on camera uploads" on my iphone, whenever I had the iOS Dropbox App open, it not only uploaded all the photos in the iphone camera roll (which is what it is suppose to do), but I realized it also uploaded photos in my Mac, to be more specific, it is in…
Dropbox files not showing on Macbook Air but are visible on Android phone
Can anyone tell me what's going on? Is it a sync setting problem? I only have free level for Dropbox.
Why are my photos being duplicated in a different aspect ratio?
When transferring photos to Dropbox from the iPhone, it duplicates the photos, changing the 16:9 format to the 4:3 format. What is happening?
JPG images uploading from my iPhone 11 to Dropbox as PDFs
All of my JPG images in Dropbox on my laptop have converted to PDFs and are uploading as PDFs from my phone. On the Dropbox app on my phone the images are still JPGs. Can anyone tell me the setting to convert everything back and have my uploads remain in JPG format? Adobe won't even let me open the PDFS saying I have to…
Failure to upload several thousands of files through the website
I am trying to upload the contents of my website (which is no longer active on the web). I have successfully done this previously, but this time dropbox hangs up on me whether I use drag and drop or upload button. Fails both with Chrome and Brave. Could the magnitude of what I am attempting be the problem - about 13K…
High CPU usage additionally the web interface stops responding
I just started using Dropbox again. I'm trying to upload a large number of photos to my account. It feels in general to be a slow process, one where it's hard to see progress. I'm getting very frustrated. Files stay in "Finalizing" (Many of them simultaneously) but don't seem to progress and then I have to re-initiate…
My PLN files lose all the information in it, apart from their filename, why?
Hello. I have problem for few months already. Some of our files get left only with name and lose all of information what it`s include. And interesting, that these files are only PLN files who act like this. There wasn`t any kind of action from our side, it just happen ion several folders. Shows, that files size is only…
Can I use an email forwarded for 'Email to Dropbox' feature for attachments?
I've enabled the email to dropbox feature and can receive emails to long email address supplied. I've tried setting up a shorter email on my custom domain to auto forward to the long address but it never seems to receive the attachments. Is there a limitation to this? I would rather share a shorter more memorable email…
Sending computer shows 165 GB of data but receiving computer shows 2.01 GB
Sending computer shows 165 GB of data but receiving computer shows 2.01 GB. How to get the receiving computer to get the complete file? I have changed to not show "read only" numerous times, but it keeps defaulting to "read only". Sending computer only has 256 RAM. Receiving computer has 1 T
Why were some of my folders moved into the Dropbox folder, leaving behind aliases, on Mac OS Sonoma?
Last night I experienced a weird and unsettling problem. All of a sudden, without any discernible reason, I lost permissions to access both my Desktop and Documents folders in MacOS Sonoma 14.6. Running Disk Utility and CleanMyMac to try to fix the problem did not work. I wound up calling Apple Support and got the problem…
I need to upload files with a specific folder structure
To All, I have a large amount of drone based image files, approximately 8K of them. Each image is roughly 9 to 12 mb in size. There is a directory structure that has to remain intact, which consist of 1 main directory and 5 second level folders that contain images. Each folder name has anywhere between 35 and 45 characters…
Sharing Folders with 'can edit' link but people still need to request access to upload
Hello - I created a Dropbox folder and set the sharing to anyone with the link can edit, but the folder is still making people with the link request access before they can upload anything to the folder. Is there a way to set it up so that anyone with the link can add files to the folder?

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