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.
ACTUAL SPACE BEING USED TO COMPARE ONLINE VS OFFLINE
I wish to view my actual use of storage online vs. offline. If I choose to make available offline, then they should be equal. All past searches as well as Google searches reference old screenshots and nothing relevant to what exists today. Mac, is my PC, cloud is your Dropbox. If cloud says XYZ Gb is being used (12345,000 files, as and example) local PC should equal with XYZ GB and 12345,000 files being stored locally. How do I see, compare, validate, check? WHY is this becoming such a challenge to use? All the complaining in these forums, yet nothing seems to actually be easy!
Official Dropbox Data Migration App - Faster Migration To New Machines
Hi There, Even with a 200Mbps up/down internet connection and a gigabit ethernet connection to a Mac on the same network, it still takes days to migrate Terabytes of data to a new Mac. I've read the instructions about not migrating data via disk copy/migration apps but it's unacceptably slow to login to Dropbox, and wait for a sync to transfer data. REQUEST: Create a Dropbox migration app that properly copies Dropbox data from one disk to another. That way, we could connect two Macs via thunderbolt, copy the data via the app and only wait for a sync/check, no copying of actual data. Hope that makes sense. If that doesn't work then please, there has to be a faster way. Cheers, Ben
Integration Issue with Dropbox link placement
When trying to integrate a Dropbox-hosted file into my platform, I encountered an issue with generating and sharing the direct download link. While Dropbox provides a shareable URL, the default link redirects users to a preview page instead of triggering an automatic download. For seamless integration, I need a direct download link that eliminates extra steps for the user. Steps I followed: Uploaded the file to Dropbox successfully. Generated the shareable link (format: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uniqueid/filename?dl=0). Modified the link to ?dl=1 for direct download. However, when embedding the modified link into my platform, some users report errors like broken downloads or file inaccessibility. Is there a way to ensure consistent, reliable direct downloads for all users through Dropbox?New Computer - all Word Docs Corrupt
I have set up a new computer. Downloaded the Dropbox desktop app, same as previous computer. I am running Office365. Now all Word documents that are stored in DP are showing corrupted. I can login to DP directly and open the document but when I try to open through my DP shortcut on file explorer. Word docs will not open directly. The solution has been to open the document from DP and then re-save it on the computer in DP. So I still have access to the docs but it's very inconvenient. Is there a solution that would allow my documents to all update at once and be available again from the file explorer shortcut?I can't see my folders in offline only mode on Mac OS 15.1
I have a new install on a Mac (Sequoia 15.1). I opted to keep all my folders offline on the install. However in the Mac finder no folders are visible, only individual folders. On the webapp they are all there. I want selective sync and decide after the install what I want kept locally.
