You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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Re: How many years until Dropbox will fix offline files being unaccessible
I have 2 ipads and 1 iphone, all of them are running Dropbox.
I use it for work purpose to have videos of my products.
Before the newest updates, where it changed form "favorites" to offline files, i had no problems, but now, the videos set to offline, just dont work offline, and its causing a lot of problems.
All the videos i use, are formatted to Mp4, i have about 30 videos, and only 4 (the 4 newest added) refuse to work. They have been doiwnloaded about 5 til 8 times now, and soon as wifi is gone, they dont work, while all the old videos work. This is the same problem accross 3 devices!
Can anyone shine some light on what the heck is going on?
This has been some damn good support. I will make sure, that we find a different hosting service, one that has client support, and not just a useless forum. Where no one raises an eyebrow for a serious issue with the software.
I feel sad that we ever paid for dropbox.I seem to have the same issue.
I uploaded a few videos from my Mac onto dropbox, checked they played while over 4G. Selected to save them offline and watched them download to my phone. Got on a flight, put on aeroplane mode... and they don't play :'(
Even when I reconnect to 4G or wifi now the "offline files" still won't play. The loading indicator just sits there spinning.
I have song lyrics and chords saved on Dropbox (hundreds of them). They are arranged in folders, then the songs are listed in alphabetical order in the folder. (example: Folder 1 Country Music A-I Folder 2 Country Music J-Z......etc.)
My problem is this: after each update, I have to go to each folder and open each song to re-establish it on my Ipad to have it available for offline use in places I play that don't have WiFi. I'm talking 500+ songs; open the file, open the next file, open the next file, etc). I have looked at the "offline" folder system, but can't figure out how to do it a folder at a time, and retaining the alphabetical order in each folder. Without this organization, finding a tune quickly would be impossible.
I MUST be doing something wrong to have to open each and every file after updates so that I can access the file offline when WiFi is not there.
Anyone have any suggestions to help me through this mess? I love Drobox, but this re-load every song after every update is making me think I need to leave DB and find a better program for my use.
Thanks for any advice anyone has for me.
