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psiboxer's avatar
psiboxer
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Website freezes, when I try to upload files

Hi All - I've created a folder on the dropbox website (not the app) and uploaded several folders.  Now trying to upload a series of Jpegs and random doc files, etc.  When I select the files, the whol...
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  • psiboxer's avatar
    psiboxer
    3 years ago

    Fair enough.

Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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Hey psiboxer, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

I'd suggest you try from a different browser, or from a private browsing window, to see if you get a different behavior.

 

If so, you can try clearing the cache of your browser, which should help.

 

Let me know how it goes!

psiboxer's avatar
psiboxer
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Thanks - I actually found the upload started if I waited for about 2 minutes.  But it's poor development.  The site really should have a message or something that says it's preparing for the upload...

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Hey psiboxer, sorry to jump in, but does the same behavior persist on other browsers too?

     

    Also, how many files are you trying to upload in one go? 

    • NilsRandrup's avatar
      NilsRandrup
      New member | Level 1
      2 days ago

      I have the same problem with browser/website freezing and becoming unresponsive. I have a larger picture archive on an external harddrive I am trying to upload to dropbox with approx. 450 GB and  37.000 files  via the latest Chrome browser. But I have had no luck on this, so I am trying to figure out what the max size upload that the dropbox website/browser can handle in one go.

      • NilsRandrup's avatar
        NilsRandrup
        New member | Level 1
        2 days ago

        I found an entry saying that the max size is 375 GB at a time so I cut the folder in half and tried with 175 GB but same result. Website becomes unresponsive and does not upload any even after waiting 30 min. 

  • psiboxer's avatar
    psiboxer
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Walter Hannah  - When I switch from Safari to Chrome, the page no longer freezes.  However, I get a bunch of incompatibility errors on the file.  I'm trying to upload a Photos Library from my Mac to Dropbox to save space.  However, it seems Dropbox is pretty particular about what it's willing to store.  When I say skip the incompatible files, it starts uploading ~7500 files instead of the one photo library.  Granted, it's 16GB, but that's exactly why I need to put it in the cloud to save space.

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      3 years ago

      Thanks for the additional information psiboxer - much appreciated.

       

      I just wanted to mention that it's not really recommended to put your Photos Libraries to Dropbox. You can find more information about this here and here. 

       

      I hope this helps to some extent. 

      • psiboxer's avatar
        psiboxer
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        Fair enough.

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