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Bob_1
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Trying to move everything out of Dropbox to iCloud. Where are these files stored?
Trying to move everything out of Dropbox to iCloud. Using hotspot from iPhone to PC. Anything over a few kb throws a “network error”. Moved to my iPad (hot spot there too). Tried “make available off ...
- 2 years ago
Bob_1 wrote:
Tried “make available off line” for a few files/photos ... So WHERE did it store those at?They're located in an application specific storage area that isn't user accessible outside of Dropbox. If your intent is to move the files to another server, you can't do it that way. You would need to export the files to your device, then they would be accessible wherever you saved them. You can even save them directly to iCloud by exporting them to the Files app, where you can select iCloud as the save location.
Rich
Super User II
Bob_1 wrote:
Tried “make available off line” for a few files/photos ... So WHERE did it store those at?
They're located in an application specific storage area that isn't user accessible outside of Dropbox. If your intent is to move the files to another server, you can't do it that way. You would need to export the files to your device, then they would be accessible wherever you saved them. You can even save them directly to iCloud by exporting them to the Files app, where you can select iCloud as the save location.
Bob_1
2 years agoHelpful | Level 6
THANKS! That helps a lot.
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