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How can I add photos to an album?
After I upload photos from my iphone they are found in the camera upload file in my drop box. How do I move them from the camera upload folder into one of my photo albums. When I do that, do I dele...
- Its only using the storage once :)
The Photos tab and Albums tabs are just web pages created from your files.
Hi Terry,
I have only only been using Dropbox for a week now. I think it will work for me better than the iCloud for my pics. Was having a horrible time recovering photos from iCloud and thought I would give Dropbox a try. So far I accidentally figured out that there is a setting on my iPhone that each time I take a pic, it immediately uploads it to drop box for me which is nice. Now I can take pics on my iPhone, they immediately upload to Dropbox, and then I can delete them from my phone WITHOUT having them deleted from dropbox. Only thing so far I don't like is the inability to see my specific photo albums on a mobile device, unlike the website I use on a laptop/PC. I realize I could just as well visit the website on my phone but that sort of defeats the purpose of having an App. Unless I am missing something I don't see a way on the App to view the photos albums I created when logged in on my laptop. It looks like the only way to see photos on the App is to view them in the files icon/tab which sorts them by file name(ugh), or date, OR you can click on the photos tab which at least sorts the pics by date taken. Hope all is well in the U.K.
Thanks, that prompted me to take another close look at what's going on. I think that some of my confusion has been caused because I had not realised no action on my part was needed before photos taken were copied to Camera Uploads. So I was opening Dropbox, opening CU, and clicking +. I'd then select the latest folder, typically headed 'Today', click 'Next', and finally click Upload. That seems to add the prefix 'Photo' to the duplicate files. Or 'Video'.
I wish I could help you with your Albums problem but I haven't yet fully grasped how they work. To be frank, I'm confused by all the various views that arise, either in Camera Roll or Dropbox. I like to wait to organise my photos until I'm back in the familiar, logical and powerful environment of my PC!
Is there really no definitive, up to date documentation from Dropbox on exactly how to use these functions, with step by step instructions? And disclosure of any buggy areas, perhaps with some work-around advice?
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
