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Iphone-Strongbax does not save changes to file on Dropbox
I upgraded my iPhone, deleted the Dropbox account from the old phone (so I now have only three machines connected) and now changes made to my Strongbox file via the iPhone are not saved. How do I res...
When you go to https://www.dropbox.com/account/connected_apps can you see StrongBox listed?
What happens if you disconnect it? That should stop the device working on the phone if its one account and ask you to relink.
Thanks for your followup query.
I created a dB file in an early version of KeePass and saved it to Dropbox. I read that same file with mini-Keepass on an iPhone-7 so that data changes were in sync -- which is the prime reason I chose Keepass.
I eventually converted to Strongbox without any known problems. Syncing was certainly not a problem.
When I upgraded to an iPhone=12 this week, I selected the same file on Dropbox. Test changes made via the iPhone-12 did not save to Dropbox. And changes made to the desktop were not being picked up by Strongbox on the iPhone
I did try using iCloud without success. In that event, I simply copied the file from DropBox over to iCloud.
I am back using only Dropbox.
The data file in the PC Dropbox folder shows 66 KB while the file as displayed on the iPhone/ Strongbox/ Dropbox shows 56 KB and I can't account for the difference since there is only one Strongbox file my Dropbox. I had to take a picture (jpg) of the screen shot because png was not a proper file type.
MadRanger picture of a screenshot
Thank you.
Mark
Super User II
Super User III've not used StrongBox so just wondering - does it have Dropbox saving and reading capability?
Apps themselves need to be configured to write to Dropbox and then read from Dropbox. It cannot just 'happen' even if files are stored offline etc. due to how Apple sandbox.
Good question, Mark.
When looking for an existing database, Strongbox allows "Select Storage Location" in multiple places: "Files, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV, SFTP, Copy from a URL, Transfer Over Local Network.
So, since Strongbox does look for files in Dropbox - I see no reason why reading & writing there should be an issue. And as I indicated - it used to work until I went to iPhone-12.
And now that I have listed those locations - perhaps the key word is "storage". I am using the same storage location for the PC and iPhone. The PC reads, writes and "stores" data there. To your point about "configured to write to Dropbox". The nuance of the question is outside my skill, but Strongbox reads from Dropbox why should it not also write/store to the same location. Again: 1) not my skill set, and 2) it has stored in the past.
Thanks.
