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jv18's avatar
jv18
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Easy way to filter starred photos

I have a ton of photos that I've gone through one by one and starred the ones I want to be able to move into a separate folder.  I now think that the "starring" exercise was useless.  How do I find a...
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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    7 years ago
    Hey jv18, thanks for posting us on our Community & sorry to hear that you haven’t been able to move your photos the way you intended to. Let me follow-up with you a bit more closely & we’ll take it from there! 
     
    (Note: I've moved both threads you've posted on this discussion, so as to keep things neat on our Forum.)
     
    As an initial point of reference, please note that starring a file, or folder adds a direct link to it on the Starred widget on the Dropbox Home page (on dropbox.com) & the Home tab (in the Dropbox mobile apps). While you can print them through the Starred items on your Homepage if you select each photo separately, it's my understanding that you'd prefer organizing your content in a folder before printing, is that right? 
     
    For that reason you may keep in mind that you will not be able to move your files to a different folder directly from your Starred items. Your best option at the moment would be to go back to the original file location >multi-select the files you’d like to move & use the website’s ➡️ ⬜ Move option, so as to get your photos in a new folder, navigate to the ones you’d like to print & use the 🖨️ choice. (Tip: In case you'd like to print your pictures in full resolution, it would be best for you to print them from your desktop- i.e. if you're using our desktop app- or download them locally & then print them.)
     
    Other than that, I appreciate the time to share your interest on this functionality with us here. I’ve already made sure to add your voice to the feedback gathered internally for future reference. Your comments are extremely valuable as we're always looking for ways to improve & your posts here help us better understand your needs. 
     
    I hope that this points you towards the right direction, though please do let me know here in case you’d like more details about any of the above. Thanks & I hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
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jdarais
Helpful | Level 5

I have the same use case as this, only I want to move the photos into a separate, shared folder to give others access on the web rather than printing.  Sadly, there's no efficient way to do this.  Without the ability to sort/filter on starred, or being able to see more than 5 starred files at a time on the home page, starring is useless.

Other features I can think of that would help in this scenario would be tagging files, but of course only if you could search, sort or filter on tags; or at least a move/copy menu option from the file preview.  But sadly, dropbox has none of these.  I have over 1000 photos to look through, and now I'm wondering why I thought dropbox was a good place to try to organize them.  A little better support for this type of scenario would go a long way!

lyssjoyrob's avatar
lyssjoyrob
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Wait I really can't click a button to get all the pictures I just starred grouped together and moved to a separate folder???  I wish I had known that a few hours ago!  Any idea if this will be a feature?

  • Lusil's avatar
    Lusil
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    5 years ago

    Hey lyssjoyrob, thanks for nudging us on this thread and for your feedback!

    Our dev team is constantly working on implementing additional improvements, but we don't have a timeline to share. 

    Although there isn't currently a direct way that you can find starred items and move them to a new or existing folder, you can always post any ideas you have on features you'd like to see in the future in our Share an idea section. 

    In the meantime, if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to give us a shout. Thanks!

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