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Dropbox Not Connecting With Files on iPadOS
I recently switched to an iPad for work but when using Dropbox accessed through the iPadOS Files app, I frequently (multiple times a day now) have to sit and wait for up to 15 minutes or so before Dr...
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey colonialchurch, thanks for letting us know about this.
Do you have the most recent version of Dropbox installed on the iPad and do you also have the latest version of iPad OS on the device?
Have you tried restarting the device, to see if that helps?
Keep me posted!
Thanks Hannah!
Yes to all 3. I have auto-update turned on for both apps and iPadOS. It has been going on for most (if not all) of my time using Dropbox and Files together on this iPad Pro. Yes to restarting. Unfortunately there isn’t a consistent result after restarting the iPad so that doesn’t seem to resolve it. It didn’t seem to be an issue immediately but it wasn’t long before I just understood that was a hiccup I wasn’t able to fix yet. It also seems to be getting worse (happening more frequently if not almost every time, taking longer to “re-connect”).
- Hannah
Hmm, I see, thanks for trying!
The thing is that accessing Dropbox through the files app is more Apple, than it is Dropbox.
But do you perhaps have a lot of files in your Dropbox or very large files? Maybe that's why the files app takes a long time to load them all.
Maybe clearing the cache of the files app might help.
I do have a lot of files in dropbox, but sometimes like today, it works immediately and has no issue. Other times (like normally anymore) it takes a while for them to appear. But there is no progress bar or anything like that to let me know it’s actually doing something so as far as I can tell it’s just stuck.
I understand the “it’s more of an Apple thing” but unfortunately they say the same thing from their end.
I’m not sure deleting the cache is possible for the Files app. Is there a way I don’t know of?
- Walter
Hey colonialchurch, sorry to jump in, but could you try another wifi network or cellular data if possible and let us know if you notice any difference?
Also, have the folders that load right away been opened before or not? If they've been already accessed at some point, they must have been cached somehow and that's why they load faster.
Let us know of any updates!
