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How can I add photos to an album?
After I upload photos from my iphone they are found in the camera upload file in my drop box. How do I move them from the camera upload folder into one of my photo albums. When I do that, do I dele...
- Its only using the storage once :)
The Photos tab and Albums tabs are just web pages created from your files.
OK thanks. So my last question,(probably not), is this. I see the photos are in the camera upload file folder, under the files tab. The same photos are then in the photos folder. If I then add one of those same photos to an album, is that one photo using three times the storage space? (camera upload, photos, then specific album) Do I need to delete all the photos in the camera upload file folder or does deleting them there also delete them from the photo folder.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIIts only using the storage once :)
The Photos tab and Albums tabs are just web pages created from your files.
The Photos tab and Albums tabs are just web pages created from your files.
"Once they´re uploaded you will find them in your Photos tab."
I don't understand that reply from Dropbox.
on my iPhone and iPad they are uploaded to \Camera Uploads not \Photos.
Terry, UK
- Terry,
You are correct. On a mobile device the camera uploads is where the pics can be found at. However on a PC at www.dropbox.com there are other options. For example, uploaded pics are still found in the camera uploads file on the PC but in addition to the camera uploads folder, they automatically go to another folder called photos. Under the photos folder you can then make customized albums. That is sort of why my questions were what they were. Since the pics are technically in three places (camera uploads, photos album, then a specific named album) I wanted to make sure I wasn't using three times the storage space for the same pic that is technically in three different locations. For whatever reason I guess on our mobile devices we don't see the photos album or the other albums that we create, but on the PC you do. Hope this make sense.What's up with this site? For the second time since last night my reply has either not appeared or somehow been subsequently deleted. I wrote to say thanks, understood, and added that I'll probably drop my subscription to Dropbox. Partly because of the hassle it's causing over duplicated uploads from my camera roll, partly because of the announced dropping of the Public folder, but mainly because of the dismal support and communication.
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
- Try looking for a button on your iPhone or tablet that says "photos" When you click on "files" that gives you the camera uploads tab where I think you are seeing your pics. There should also be a photos button as well, which at least sorts your pics by date and is a little more user friendly.
Thanks for that too. Am I right that clicking Photos displays all photos currently in my entire Dropbox folder? And videos? Or does it also display what's on my iPhone or iPad Camera Roll, which may be a mixture of photos/videos already in Dropbox and some not yet uploaded?
While I'm on a roll, can you tell me when you would you use the Offline button? Presumably, any files selected would then be accessible (on any device?) even in the absence of an internet connection? Do you personally use it much?
i trust all is still well in the U.K, as I'm flying back tomorrow from LA!
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
