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How can I upload files to someone else's folder without affecting my own space?
I'm working on a job where I've been asked to upload my files to the company Dropbox. They created a folder with my name, but when I follow the link, It says "your dropbox is full" and tells me I have to upgrade. I removed my free 2gb Dropbox account years ago. Apparently Dropbox still has me on the list. Shouldn't I be able to upload my files to the folder created for me by the company without purchasing storage myself? I don't need those files save on a personal Dropbox, espceially one I did not know I had.Dropbox uploading 4kb duplicate photo files
Bit of a random one! I've used Dropbox for years without issues, but over the past week, I've been uploading hundreds of client photos, and for some reason, Dropbox is generating duplicate files. These duplicates are all 4KB in size, can't be previewed, and don't exist in the original folder I'm uploading from. They also don’t delete themselves after the upload. It's not a major issue, but it slows down my workflow since I have to manually remove them before sharing the folder with clients. Any idea what might be causing this?
I can't upload content to a shared folder, because my account is full.
i upload my work to a shared folder of sum1 elses account which has lots of storage space, it constantly tells me its full, but its my own account that is full not the shared folder of the other persons account how can i stop this from happening as its very frustrating, drop box does seem to be getting confused as to what is full and what isn't
Shared folder access with Token
Hi! I seem to have a simple access problem with my Token. I am part of a team which has a shared folder which I am trying to access with the API, and while I have it working for files in my own directory: "MY NAME/Folders/Files" the Token doesn't seem to have access to the: "DATA/Folders/Folders/etc" where DATA is shared with me (both through team membership and explicitly) Eventually I'm simply trying to do a recursive files_list_folders() to analyze the storage. In the app console I have both "files.metadata.read" and "sharing.read" turned on, which should be the relevant permissions (and I did re-generate the Token after changing the permissions). Is there something I am missing? Thanks, Martin
Keep photos added to Family Room out of the Photo tab
I just upgraded to a family account with the idea that I could categorize our photos in different folders “Christmas Photos”, “Family Photos”, each kid with photos from over the years, etc. the expectation was that the family go could into any folder and find photos they want to download or share with extended family/friends. They could do that, but the probably was ALL the photos go into everyone’s Photo Tab. What felt like my kids’ private photo backup area was now cluttered with thousands of photos, so I’m having to keep the categorized photos in my own drive and just share with my wife. All that to say it would be awesome to have the option to exclude photos added to the Family Room from the Photo Tab.
I don't see the option to unshare a folder, even though I'm the owner
I'm facing some problems when trying to stop sharing several folders I'm the owner. The share icon is present, but I am the only member of this folder. I understand that until I remove myself from the shared folder, it will remains shared; however, I can neither find the option to remove myself from the folder nor the option to "unshare folder". What should I do?? It seems that the issue of unsharing folders is very common on this forum, perhaps indicating that this feature isn't as easy to use as the Dropbox team thinks, or the documentation is not explicit as it should be.I need advice and have questions on folder structures in Dropbox Business
Hi all -- our small organization is a long-time Dropbox user. As such, our file structure predates when Dropbox added Team folders. Currently, all shared folders and each staffer's individual folder is nested under MY folder (as I'm the admin) since that's how it used to work. I know I need to take the time to reorganize our file structure to work with team folders but had a few questions. (FYI we are currently grandfathered under an old Standard plan but I'm likely to change over to Business as it's the same price and has a few more features). I appreciate any feedback on the following questions. Can I move the existing folders out from under my folder and convert them into Teams folders, or do I have to create the equivalent Teams folder and manually move everything? Do people recommend having one main Team folder for a whole organization, and then create subfolders under it for different user groups, or do you recommend having a separate Team folder for each user group (for example, one team folder for all staff, one team folder for senior staff, or all nested together)? The "personal folder" that Dropbox Business creates -- as far as I can tell, unless I upgrade to Business Plus, I have no access to it as the admin. Which means if a staffer leaves, our organization loses anything they have stored in their personal folder? (Right now because I create a "personal" folder for them under My folder, we still retain access to those files when someone leaves). If I have no admin access, this makes me very uncomfortable as often people will save work files in their named user folder if it's something nobody else needs access to -- but it's still a work file and we want to retain it. People shouldn't be saving truly personal stuff on their work systems anyways. Is there any way to turn off the creation of this "personal folder" when you create a new user? Thank you for any advice or suggestions - I appreciate them in advance.
