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How can I move multiple files using the Dropbox site?
I'm sorry, but I put this in the wrong thread. I have been looking for a solution to moving multiple files on the web app. I'm not using a phone or a tablet, just a web interface. When I sellect mult...
Wow! That is really obscure. I guess I'm too old, cuz I don't like hidden menus. Thanks!
Sorry to jump in on this but my question is about the speed of moving files. As the procedure described in this thread is exactly what I'm doing I thought it would be easiest to post my question here.
So when moving multiple files that are ONLY in the cloud, so not locally stored anywhere, it seems to take forever and is using a lot of local CPU power. Why is this? Is there anything I can do to improve the speed?
I have roughly 15k pictures in my camera uploads folder going back to 2015 that I'm now trying to move to yearly folders so they are more easy to sort. It took 2 hours to move 900 pictures so far and I can only do smaller batches as moving too many makes the system crash.
Thanks for your help
- Daphne
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for joining the discussion here Mirage075!
Could you clarify for me if it's the action of moving of the files, or the sync afterwards that's taking a lot of time to process?
Let me know and we can go from there!
- Hi Daphne,
it's the action of moving of the files that takes forever. The files are not on a local drive, only on Dropbox.
Thanks,
Tom
