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Help! How to Transfer Photos From Dropbox TO iPhoto!?
I've searched the Dropbox site repeatedly. Twice, they list the answer for How to transfer photos from iPhoto to Dropbox. But, I want to do the reverse! I've emailed Dropbox: No response. By mistak...
Scott y.1 wrote:
I can't move individual pics or folders from online dropbox to my i-photo either.
Super frustrating.
Thats because you cannot just drag things from web pages in to applications - same as any program. The files need to physically exist on the computer first so you need to download them and THEN put them in iPhoto.
We need more info I'm afraid as to how you are trying to do it.
I had the same question as you, Elizabeth M., and doing what Richard P. suggested didn't help at first because I was attempting to drag my photos from my Dropbox ONLINE folders instead of my Dropbox HARD DRIVE folders! Once I accessed the photos via Dropbox on my hard drive, I was able to click and drag into iPhoto and they were then automatically imported/uploaded to iPhoto :)
Of course, this was only after I sent an email inquiry to Dropbox to help me figure it out ... here is their response:
"I'm happy to share information on how you can disable the Dropbox application to perform Camera Uploads from those devices.
You can disable the camera uploads feature by following the steps outlined in this Help Center article:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/307
To add photos that you have in Dropbox, you can drag and drop or copy and paste files in the Dropbox folder on that device to any other applications. Your Dropbox folder is just a normal folder on your hard drive. Therefore, if you drag and drop files into the Dropbox folder, those files will be moved instead of copied.
It's common to assume Dropbox works like a network drive because of its many online features. However, your Dropbox folder is actually a normal folder and its contents are stored on your hard drive. The Dropbox application only watches your Dropbox folder for changes and syncs those changes online and to your other computers. One of the benefits of this way of syncing is always having access to your files, even while you are offline."
For more information on moving files versus copying them, visit the Help Center article:
