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How can I sync my desktop with the Dropbox app on my iPhone 13?
HOW CAN I SYNC MY DESKTOP DROPBOX WITH MY IPHONE 13? On my desktop dropbox I use OpenOffice Calc and I don't have this on my iPhone. At one time I was able to do this, and I don't know why I can't now. I've searched and read articles online but I'm not the most literate compute person! Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi lvdw55, welcome to our Community!
Just to clarify: do you wish to sync your desktop as a path, or you're talking about your device?
I'm not entirely certain as to what you wish to achieve here, and I'd like some more info, before I can help you and guide you. Can you give me some additional details?
Thanks a bunch!
Thanks for your reply. I want to be able to access my dropbox that I currently have on my desktop, on my iPhone and want it to sync with the changes I make on my desktop. I had this capability previously and don't know what happened that I no longer do. I use the OpenOffice calc program on my desktop, thinking this might be why I can't sync this to my iPhone? Thanks for your help.
- Walter
Hey lvdw55 - sorry to jump in here, but could you clarify if you have both the Dropbox desktop app and the Dropbox mobile app installed on your devices?
If you'd like to sync files from your desktop to your mobile device, you should copy or move them into your Dropbox folder and work from there while the desktop app syncs your changes.
in any case, please let us know more and we'll take it from there.
Sorry, I'm totally lost! I can't even get my files/folders on my iPhone. I'm starting to believe I may not be going through Dropbox? My spreadsheet on my desktop shows it's on OpenOffice Calc but on Dropbox? I'm totally lost, about to surrender and just keep the desktop working!
- Hannah
I understand this can be a bit overwhelming, but no need to worry, lvdw55, we'll get to the bottom of this!
You mentioned that you want to access the files that are currently in your desktop Dropbox from your phone and to have them sync with each other, right?
For this to happen, you need to have the Dropbox desktop app installed on your desktop, the Dropbox mobile app installed on your phone and to have both apps signed into the same Dropbox account.
Do you know if that's the case?
