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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116 TopicsOpen .pages files in Dropbox on iPad
Hi there I‘m moving away from Office 365 to Apple apps. When on my iPad, when I click on a Word file, I get the „open in“ button to open in Microsoft Word. When I click on a .pages file, I only get an „open“ button which, when clicked, opens the file in Dropbox with no editing options. What am I doing wrong? Thanks RomanSolved70Views0likes4CommentsApps in iPhone say my Dropbox is empty
Hello! Whenever I try to attach a file saved in Dropbox from an app (for instance, WhatsApp message, or Mail app) in my iPhone (iOS 18.1), the app says my Dropbox is empty, although it is fully synced in my phone. Interestingly, from the Messages app I'm able to attach a file and if I open the Dropbox app and select to export a file to WhatsApp or Mail, it works. I've tried disabling and enabling Dropbox from the Browse option, clearing history and website data and restarting the phone, and nothing worked. Any suggestions? Thank you!29Views0likes1CommentI can't see the content of my Keynote images after uploading them to Dropbox.
I have been using Dropbox for years to share Keynote files to another computer. This last time my shared file did not include the background images on my slides. (However, they were visible on the thumbnails, just not on the main viewing section.). The slides were unusable as there was no contrast between the dark grey slide and the text. What I created had good contrast and was very readable. This happened with 2 different computers on 2 different days with the same file. Whey did this happen and how can I avoid it in the future. I had no way of knowing there was a problem until I got to church to run the slide for worship! I was able to quickly work around the problem. But all my work was wasted and I will not be there every time to correct the issue on the fly. Please help me solve this problem. Thank you.142Views0likes3CommentsBackup a SQL Server database and transfer it to Dropbox.
Hi, I want to backup a SQL Server database using a bat file. This is the contents of the bat file when I backup it on my laptop : cls set SERVERNAME=DESKTOP-6PULTF9\SQLEXPRESS05 set DATABASENAME=AssetManagement set DATABASESHOP=HuntsmanShop set datestr=%date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2% set timestr=%Time:~0,2%%Time:~3,2%%Time:~6,2% set FileName=%DATABASESHOP%_%DATABASENAME%_%datestr%%timestr%.bak set BAK_PATH=C:\Data\Test\ set DEST_FILE=%BAK_PATH%%FileName% :: -------------------------------------------------- :: BACKUP Database :: NOTE: If error "access is denied" appear - go to service properties - log on. sqlcmd -E -S %SERVERNAME% -d master -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [%DATABASENAME%] TO DISK = N'%DEST_FILE%' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'%DATABASENAME% backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT" and this works perfectly. Now when I want to make a backup to a Dropbox folder it doesn't work : cls set SERVERNAME=DESKTOP-6PULTF9\SQLEXPRESS05 set DATABASENAME=AssetManagement set DATABASESHOP=HuntsmanShop set datestr=%date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2% set timestr=%Time:~0,2%%Time:~3,2%%Time:~6,2% set FileName=%DATABASESHOP%_%DATABASENAME%_%datestr%%timestr%.bak set BAK_PATH=C:\Users\miche\Dropbox\Huntsman Shop\Backup\ set DEST_FILE=%BAK_PATH%%FileName% :: -------------------------------------------------- :: BACKUP Database :: NOTE: If error "access is denied" appear - go to service properties - log on. sqlcmd -E -S %SERVERNAME% -d master -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [%DATABASENAME%] TO DISK = N'%DEST_FILE%' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'%DATABASENAME% backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT" I have been looking for a solution for a long time but I can't find it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Regards MichelSolved280Views0likes1CommentWhy can't I preview Scrivener files?
Just made an account, put a desktop app, and uploaded some text files created in Scrivener. Every item I click on yields an error message: Can’t load this file type This file type is unsupported here (download button) Evidently, I am doing something wrong, and I don't know what it is. So, I can't correct it! a. Why would I download something that I just uploaded? b. why would Scrivener recommend using Dropbox if the .scriv are not supported? c. Why do all your commercials make it seem like just drag and drop - yet nothing works d. I remember paying for DB a couple of times and losing all interest after a few frustrating experiences like this one e. Why can't DB hold hands of totally new-to-cloud apps and go one step at a time f. I took the free tutorial on three separate occasions, but each time my questions were ignored g. I am hoping this latest attempt to use DB will be good, somehow.369Views0likes3CommentsMake folder available to other apps on Android?
I'd like to use Dropbox to sync Obsidian markdown files on my Android phone and tablet (since the official Obsidian sync corrupts my files). How can I do that? I tried doing "Make available offline" but that didn't make the folder available to other apps, only within the Dropbox app. I tried DropSync but that only syncs once every hour, which is not often enough for using Obsidian. Thanks!318Views0likes2CommentsDrag and drop URLs of files to other MacOS apps
Hi, we want do use dropbox as an alternative for our current DAM and so we must be able to drag and drop image files from dropbox into Affinity Designer, Publisher or Photo. This way the files stay connected with their web-source, if a certain key (ctrl) is hit in Affinity while dragging the images from Safari. It works great with websites and their images (i.e. resulting in a path like https://static.agravity.io/af6827b1d-080b-4f76-9b1f-5ee91cf12514/p3a350b8a-076f-4b1b-bdc2-9f2035c54c74/1130x810.webp), but not from Dropbox. Here the result comes as an error like i.e. "https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/ACUiEmcmtP9lV0Lkv0cbOcemd_8sBc9L_V4Fy8uCAYb66ACWnhyPezUrxGbhHf7SeY4P8L7bJPrO3uDPFy5tOvLO5fdgZ2AcWRsJE-LnZsTDE2gi31md0SF5yDiPeqKgwQ0FGfnnXXM-YzWxbTntsgF23d5REr_nP0O-0PIY27WABzIU4sTdGoaypuchIKQkBjkPAq5LPdgqk7SzXEWsM0GSzMAwYqxML1nKD5xBCxDWR4WUrMmN64KfN7VWr1-a5m8_usmTuBhJQW14xhC2tQP7RUMedPrh8hVV70lGf7IsobhChycCu6q2pz1iw5VmS4KF-YNPUCKOqyng4I1rMNnf1Bs-2mZi6lhbI8j3lJ8CXdSQaLPWxs9xrVAGgViJ_Kw/p.jpeg". This is strange. How can we drag and drop assets with actual URLs from Dropbox to other MacOS apps to keep them linked?559Views0likes7Comments