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Dropbox upload contextual menu on Android
Hi everyone, I'm on a oneplus 10 pro. Os and Dropbox app are up to date. Problem : when I want to upload a file from another app (gallery, audio recorder, ...), I have a new contextual menu, where I cannot choose precisely the folder where I want to upload. It did change like one / two weeks ago. Previously I had the right…
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Videos not uploading correctly from video editor to Dropbox on Android
Hi everyone, I'm having an issue with uploading videos from my video editing app to my Dropbox account. I could really use some help figuring out what's going wrong. Basically, after I finish editing a video project, I try to export/share the final video file to my Dropbox folder. However, the upload to Dropbox always…
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How do I know all my files pictures got transferred from my phone to the Dropbox?
I just want to make sure my stuff gets transferred so it doesn't get deleted.
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"Couldn't Save Content Please check your internet connection and refresh the page." Safari iOS
I download a lot of PDFs. I use iOS Safari. Half the time, I have no issue saving to Dropbox, but the other half of the time, I get the following error: "Couldn't Save Content Please check your internet connection and refresh the page." My workaround has been to use Save to Files where I have Dropbox linked, but this is,…
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Photo, map location missing
Uploaded photos from my Android mobile dont have the map location in photo info
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I can't upload files to the Dropbox site any more, why?
I used to be able to upload files to my Dropbox account by clicking Upload, clicking the file I want uploaded and then click the Open box. Now when I do all that, the open box is faded and won't let me click the button. This is on Google Chrome. I also tried it on Microsoft Edge and the same thing happened, but it does…
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I can't upload files or folders when using Safari 13.1.2.
Safari 13.1.2 cant upload files or folders
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Dropbox desktop app disconnects randomly during file upload
Dropbox desktop app disconnects randomly. I have a work team, and we are all having this problem when we want to upload files, Dropbox disconnects and the upload or download is interrupted. The only way to fix it is to close and reopen the app. But it disconnects again after a while.
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File size turns smaller when uploading them to Dropbox.
Hi, I have a problem when uploading video’s to Dropbox. I have 4K video recording on an iPhone 14 with an average file size of 8gb. But when I upload the file unto Dropbox, it is shrunken to 1 gb. Please help.
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Can I have people without accounts upload to mine?
I have a design business and would like to have my clients upload their images to a folder in my account. Is there a way to do this without having them sign up for an account? If I was reading it correctly, I should be able if I shared a link with them, but I think it is still asking them to sign up or in. I have a Dropbox…
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Drag & drop photos from another web-page stopped working.
I've been using dropbox on web browser (tried chrome, safari, opera and brave) on my mac MacOS Ventura 13.6.7. I have tons of photos (mostly png and jpg) posted on my blogs (blogger, tumblr and wordpress) and used to drag the photos directly from the blog to dropbox. However since a few days ago, dropbox started showing…
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Can I connect my hard drive with Dropbox?
Hi, completely out of date old person here. When I signed up for drop box (free), more than 10 years ago there was a connection between folders on my hard drive and drop box folders. I could see that they were linked since they were in a drop box folder and if I modified my hard drive folder that modified the folder in…
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How can I cancel an upload and delete the uploaded files?
I was uploading photos when I received an error message that storage was full. How do I now stop the upload and delete these files so that I will maintain my storage? Thanks!
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How to resume upload when using the browser?
Peace to all! I was uploading an enormous folder and after a couple of days I accidentally closed the browser. Could anyone possibly help me to find a way to exclude the already uploaded files (thousands) from the remaining files (thousands) that still need to be uploaded all from that same folder (so as to upload only the…
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Cannot create a new folder when using the browser.
This pesky bug still roams the dropbox community... When I start to create new folders, I get the same error daily "Cannot create new folder" 90% of the time I can create the first folder without issue. The second I go make my second, third or forth folder, I get the error over and over and over and over. I have to wait…
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How can I get users to upload files to a specific Dropbox folder?
* I want users to be able to upload files to a specific Dropbox folder from my website. * Problem: I’m unsure about the best way to set up this integration and ensure it’s secure.
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I have embedded .mp files in an image, but they disappear after I upload the file to Dropbox.
I have a powerpoint file with images that have embedded music but when I upload to Dropbox they music is gone.
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Camera Uploads not uploading all photos on iOS
I have recently noticed that not all photos from my Camera Roll have been uploaded during the "Camera Uploads" process. it seems that photos that I add to my camera roll from a message someone has sent me do not seem to be uploaded. I am now worried that I may have lots of photos that haven't gone up to Dropbox but I don't…
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Move all files and folders from one Dropbox account to another as admin.
We acquired a company that was also using Dropbox and I need to move all the content from that account to our main account and delete that account. There are only 10 users in the account and as Admin I have been tasked with moving everything. I tried doing it using the share folder between the 2 accounts, but I am unable…
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How can I migrate my data from Sharepoint/OneDrive to Dropbox?
Hello I am new to Dropbox and I am currently setting up Dropbox (former Sharepoint/OneDrive user). I can't find a lot of information on how to migrate from Sharepoint/OneDrive to Dropbox almost all the information are the other way around. Are there some best practices or guidlines I can follow and use. Do tools for data…
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Unicode encoding conflict for folder with ASCII characters
My app Mail Archiver can export emails to PDFs complete with mailbox structure. A user saves his PDFs to Dropbox. He sent me a screenshot where a folder shows "(Unicode encoding conflict)". As developer I know enough about encodings. The encoding conflict doesn't make sense for 2 reasons: - The mailbox name and therefore…
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Is it possible to use Dropbox as a client portal?
Hi all, hope you are well. We’re a firm of Accountants based in the United Kingdom. We are coming to the end of our contract for a software which included a client portal. On this portal clients would upload their business documents for us to process. This ensured we were complaint with GDPR. The new software we are using…
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"Upload Failed. Please Try Again" error when I try to upload my PDF
I am uploading simple PDFs and I am getting the same error every single time. It will hang on finalizing and throw Upload Failed. Please Try Again
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How to enable auto backup for specific folder (WhatsApp) on my Android device to Dropbox?
This feature is suddenly critical worldwide, as Google has suddenly declined to support backing up WhatsApp messages and pictures. So it's critical for my work and personal records. NB this question was raised before indicating it's currently not possible. The thread has been closed for futher comments.…
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Uploads are suddenly excruciatingly slow on Mac OS
My uploads have slowed to a crawl. I have 1 gb fiber internet from CenturyLink and it's working fine. Just tested at over 900 Mbps upload and 400 Mbps upload. I am uploading my usual way through the Mac Finder, which has always been pretty zippy in the past. I'm on an Apple M2 Max Macbook Pro, running Sonoma 14.5. I'm…
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Any advice for uploading an entire server worth of files to Dropbox?
Any advice for uploading an entire server worth of files to Dropbox?
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Why are file extensions becoming capitalized when being uploaded to Dropbox?
Hello, We are having an issue with certain files. We store .txt files, but when they are uploaded into dropbox, they are changed to .TXT files. and when we attempt to change it back it jsut reverts to a .TXT file. How do we fix this?
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Missing files and photos after adding them to Dropbox and syncing to a new laptop
I recently bought a new laptop and wanted to transfer all my files and photos over to it. Dropbox looked like an easy way to do it, but I am noticing many of my photos and files are missing from the new laptop. Dropbox is saying the sync is complete. Any assistance is welcomed.
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I have free quota on my Dropbox account but I'm unable to upload files, why?
Hi all.. I have a 13.5 gig storage on my account but I am suddenly unable to upload even to 2 gig.. I have an important work file that I can't even access.. I was a very very early dropbox adopter and earned all that storage by getting all my friends to downland and use.. maybe 20 years ago now..? took a while but I've…
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iOS mobile app crashes when scanning a file with more than 10 pages
Hello. When I am scanning a document with more than 10 pages the App closes on my iPhone without saving. One or two pages work fine. Does anyone have the same problem. Is it a bug?