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Jeff T.'s avatar
Jeff T.
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Camera Uploads with two mobile devices

I’m experiencing some confusion with how Camera Uploads works. I have Camera Uploads enabled on both my iPhone and iPad. The Camera Uploads folders on both devices have “Make available offline” enabl...
  • Rich's avatar
    3 years ago

    Jeff T. wrote:

    Am I missing something, or is this how Camera Uploads is intended to work?


    That's how it's supposed to work. Dropbox does not sync back to your Camera Roll. It can only upload from it to your Dropbox account. The mobile app does not sync the same way that the desktop app does.

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