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joseph s.30
9 years agoNew member | Level 2
How do i resume an interrupted upload?
if i upload large files to my dropbox account and my laptop goes to sleep the upload is interrupted. how do i resume the upload without beginning the process again?
- 8 years ago
I think I found a work around
click the # of files left hyper link
cancel the download of the current interupted file.
The next file in line should begin downloading at that point.
Make a note of the missed file to upload at a later time
and change your settings so the cpu doest go to sleep.
Apple logo>System preferences>energy saver>sleep time never
Charles S.35
8 years agoNew member | Level 2
I think I found a work around
click the # of files left hyper link
cancel the download of the current interupted file.
The next file in line should begin downloading at that point.
Make a note of the missed file to upload at a later time
and change your settings so the cpu doest go to sleep.
Apple logo>System preferences>energy saver>sleep time never
- ebrilla8 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Man ... you are brilliant! You don't know how many times I have been frustrated with this little (BIG!!!) issue. I upload files > 20 GB at a time and it has happened to me so many times (Mainly because of bad internet or someone closing the lid of the laptop).
It is crazy foolish to me that the programers of a product like DropBox that revolves around UPLOADING and DOWNLOADING would not foresee AND go through the trouble of fixing such a common and frustrating issue for their clients!
Thank you Charles S.35! TY1 TY! TY! - Kalle H.8 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thanks for finding a sollution! But what is the hyperlink? And where is it?
- ebrilla8 years agoHelpful | Level 5
This is a sample image of what you see when you receive that error.
You would just need to click on the "X's" on the files that did not upload properly (Files in the "pink bands" that say "Upload Error") and that will reactivate the rest of the uploads.
You will have to take note of the names of these files that have the failed uploads and that you are deleting so you can upload them again after the current uploads are done.
Hope this explains it better!
- scriptysandy8 years agoNew member | Level 2
Ugh! I was so happy to find this work-around but it isn't working for me. The next file loads half way and then stops. So I deleted that one and same happens to the next one.
- maddyrose177 years agoNew member | Level 2
What do you mean by "click the # of file left hyper link". how do i do that.
- Kevjazz2 years agoNew member | Level 2
I have a similar problem. I lost power in the middle of a massive upload of my entire Reaper folder to Dropbox. this had been going for about three days when the failure happened. is there any way to resume the upload with DB being able to detect those files which are already uploaded? is there any way to have a situation where you are asked to skip or replace files already loaded? Can you choose that operation for all files?God, I hope so.
thanks for any help.
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