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senator12
8 years agoHelpful | Level 5
UPLOADING RAW PHOTO FILES TO DROPBOX
Why does Dropbox not upload RAW photos from Mac Photos. It seems to alter them to JPEG
- 8 years ago
Hi senator12,
I did a quick google search and it sounds like drag-and-drop from Photos to Finder exports those files using whatever the selected or default export method is. In this case, it sounds like it is exporting as jpg. You need to go back to Photos and select the original files to add to Dropbox. I don't use Photos myself, but if you go back to Photos and right click on the image you might be able to open it in its real location in Finder, or be able to "export original" somehow.
310EI
8 years agoStar | Level 17
Hello, senator12...
Dropbox doesn't convert your RAW files... you're probably looking at the preview via the web interface. If you upload a RAW file then it remains a RAW file.
Try using the Desktop Client.
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- senator128 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Just tried to upload a RAW photo. Shown as JPEG in Dropbox. When downloaded back to my Macbook it came back as a JPEG. Anyone got any ideas??
- Mark8 years agoSuper User IIYou've downloaded the preview from the website.
To redownload it in its original version make sure you use the Dropbox download options and not right click -> save as or that you are downloading from www.dropbox.com/home- senator128 years agoHelpful | Level 5
I downloaded the image from Dropbox "download" and it still arrived as a JPEG in my Macbook.
- 310EI8 years agoStar | Level 17
senator12 wrote:
Just tried to upload a RAW photo. Shown as JPEG in Dropbox. When downloaded back to my Macbook it came back as a JPEG. Anyone got any ideas??
Hello, senator12...
Just to clarify, what specific file extension does your file have... is it .raw or something else (view other examples)?
I uploaded a .raw file into my Example Folder via the Desktop Client and it remained a .raw file for me (take-a-look).
Click on the file named, "000.DBx_RAWuploadExample.raw" and then click on the download button. You should see that Dropbox says it cannot preview a .raw file (it did for me at this time anyway). You can reference the screenshot in the Example Folder, "001.DBx_RAWuploadExample_UseDownloadButton.jpg".
After the file is downloaded to your device, see if it remained with the .raw extension for you. If so... then do as Mark suggested by posting screenshots of what you're doing specifically so we can see what you're viewing.
We need specifics so that we can better assist you and screenshots help us a lot.
- senator128 years agoHelpful | Level 5
The file extension is the Canon one of .cr2 within Photos.
- Boygeil892 years agoNew member | Level 2
Hey folks
This Thread helped me a lot!
I actually had to realise first, that the pictures, which I had uploaded via the "Photos" app on my iPhone (Share --> DropBox)m were re-downloaded from iCloud and some received the current than their real date. Hence the pictures I had checken on DropBox Online showed the current date. The pictures - way back to 2011 - which I managed to transfer (each year) from iPhone to iPhone, got the right date on them.
It took me several weeks now, to learn this.Just to repeat: DropBox maintains the original format (unless you activate the "automation" to do anything).
Kind regards
Howard
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