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socksinacan
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

iOS photo upload

Good afternoon! On my Android, I use a third-party app to manage my camera's auto-uploads to Dropbox. It has a feature allowing a set delay before uploading, allowing me to, for instance, delete nine of the ten photos I shot of my pet sleeping and keep one, without burning data for all ten. Is there any way to get that feature in iOS, whether through the Dropbox app or a third-party?

Also, using the auto uploading from the camera roll, after the picture is uploaded, if it's deleted from the phone, does it stay in Dropbox? Appears to, but wanted to ask.

Thanks!

  • socksinacan wrote:
    Is there any way to get that feature in iOS, whether through the Dropbox app or a third-party?

    Dropbox doesn't have such a feature. The automatic Camera Uploads feature is typically triggered by opening the app or a change in your physical location. The only way to delay it until you're ready is to disable it and re-enable it when you're ready to upload. I don't know of any third-party apps that would do this on iOS.

     


    Also, using the auto uploading from the camera roll, after the picture is uploaded, if it's deleted from the phone, does it stay in Dropbox?

    If you delete the photo from your phone's camera roll/gallery it is not deleted from Dropbox. Likewise, deleting a photo from Dropbox will not delete it from your phone's camera roll/gallery.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    socksinacan wrote:
    Is there any way to get that feature in iOS, whether through the Dropbox app or a third-party?

    Dropbox doesn't have such a feature. The automatic Camera Uploads feature is typically triggered by opening the app or a change in your physical location. The only way to delay it until you're ready is to disable it and re-enable it when you're ready to upload. I don't know of any third-party apps that would do this on iOS.

     


    Also, using the auto uploading from the camera roll, after the picture is uploaded, if it's deleted from the phone, does it stay in Dropbox?

    If you delete the photo from your phone's camera roll/gallery it is not deleted from Dropbox. Likewise, deleting a photo from Dropbox will not delete it from your phone's camera roll/gallery.