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Hi, I have downloaded the Dropbox app on windows and every time I click on a video through file explorer then it starts downloading instead of playing with native player, can someone help me on this? I have turned on “online file only” option. Thanks.8Views0likes1CommentI'm trying to back up 100GB of files to Dropbox, but it's super slow.
Hi there, I just started using Dropbox to backup 100 Gb of an external drive on the Cloud plus a few Gb from the system drive. I'm on Macbook & Sonoma 14.7.2 + Dropbox Desktop App. I've noticed that sometime the uploading process is not moving...or super slow for like hours, an entire night. Then suddenly in 2 hours it uploads 20% of the whole folder. Then again...super slow progress or no progress for hours, even if it indicates that is syncing. My connection is good, I'm also uploading parallel backups on Google Drive without problems. I tried stopping and resuming the sync without any significant effect. Since I'm going to use Dropbox mainly to backup, I need to know if this is a standard behaviour, a kinda limitation on the bandwidth or if not, cause when you have to upload some big amount of data, wasting one night of upload with no progress at all it's not cool. Thanks17Views0likes3CommentsSelective Sync ('Do not upload' option) disappeared from Finder on Mac 14.7.1
So I've been using this option a ton before, like, when you work with a super large files and you don't need to upload them all while working on them, so there was on option in context menu "dont sync to dropbox" in finder, now it dissapeared? Is this bug or permanent now? Im on MACOS 14.7.1 and Dropbox v214.4.521797Views0likes9CommentsMy Mac is stuck at "Syncing" after updating my OS.
Dropbox icon is saying "Syncing . . . " forever. I upgraded macOS to the latest version (15.3.1) and restarted the machine. (I don't know how to update Dropbox .) "View sync issues" says "You don't have any sync issues." How can one diagnose what's going wrong?102Views0likes19CommentsMy syncing status shows "updating 2 files" for weeks
Windows 11, fully updated, Dropbox Plus version 218.4.4348 (which appears to be latest version as I downloaded and installed ?most recent" update from Dropbox and it was the same). Still shows "Updating 2 files" constantly. Everything else seems fine, and file syncing does not seem to be impacted. I have read of others having this issue for a while now, on prior versions. (In fact, I hade the same issue with a prior version, plus scores of update popups that didn't update anything with a prior version, but it seemed to be fixed with an update...until this recurrence of the "Updating 2 files" issue.) Seems like the next version of Dropbox might want to actually fix this issue...please.55Views0likes3CommentsUsing Dropbox for wedding
I am currently organizing my wedding. One of the ideas that I have is providing guests with a QR code that direct them to my dropbox. The intent is for them to take pictures on the big day and upload them to the file so that after the wedding I can transfer the pics to shutterfly to make a book. When I asked a friend to try the process she was able to get to the file and was able to look at the pics that I have in there. She however was not able to load any of her own into the account and got the notification " this folder is view only". Is there any way that I can change the settings so that everbody that access the QR code can upload pics?Solved8.8KViews0likes8CommentsInDesign is not synchronizing liked files automatically anymore on Mac OS
We are an agency and have a lot of Indesign-Files. The folders where the liked files are, are set on "only online" per default because they are huge. Until now, when opening the Indesign-File, Indesign automatically synchronised all the liked documents, so that they were available offline. (The status automatically changed from "online only" to "available offline"). We made some updates and this is not working anymore! We are currently on MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 (24D70), Dropbox v218.4.4348, and Indesign 20.1 Synchronising each file manually is not an option, because the liked files are almost always over 200 different pictures in more than different 100 different Sub-Folders. (And we can also not synchronise the whole folder, because there are a lot of other huge files that we do not need and would fill up way too much space.) We do not want to package the linked files all in one place, because the liked files should stay in their root folders, as they are used for a lot of different things and must be managed globally. Until now it always worked! What happened, so that this does not work anymore? This is crucial for our company and was always an important reason why we chose to use Dropbox. Is there no fix?33Views0likes3CommentsA subfolder is visible on the web, but not on my PC, why?
A team member created a subfolder B, under team folder A. I got the link, can view it on web, also checked in my sync settings on PC, but for some reasons, this one folder is not showing on PC. I have uninstalled, reinstalled, used the stable DB installer, but this one folder isn't showing on PC. My DB is also showing up to date. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!Solved23Views0likes3CommentsAll local files have gone online-only after updating my Mac; I can't make them offline again.
Hey, I recently updated my Mac to Sequoia 15.3.1 (lates available to me), and now I notice that all the files in my dropbox drive are online only. Most used to be locally available. When I click on the the little cloud icon it transforms into a clock, but then nothing happens. There is no progress and they don't download. The files are still available through the web-browser, so nothing has been lost, but I can't understand why everything that was locally saved is now online only, and why I can't download them. Any thoughts appreciated.41Views0likes9CommentsMy Dropbox icon vanished from my taskbar, and I can't get it back.
I have had Dropbox for an eternity and it has never failed, until now. The Desktop version has vanished. The icon is no longer in the Taskbar even though the program still shows within the Start menu and the folders show in File Explorer. I have tried the following: A restart because that's the first thing you ask for. Running the application again from the Start menu (still no taskbar icon). Doing a standard uninstall, restart and re-install. This gets me an message an unknown error and a code the Chatbot thinks is related to 2FA which I don't have applied on the account. Do the Advance uninstall and re-install, which is: Restart the computer Uninstall Dropbox Restart the computer Open Registry Editor Delete "Dropbox" and "DropboxUpdate" folders from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (SOFTWARE, WOW6432NODE). Delete Dropbox folder from %LOCALAPPDATA%. It wasn't present in the other three locations. Download and Install the Dropbox Desktop app Linked through advance settings to its original drive and folder. Tried this twice. Both failed, still no icon, still no possible way to syncronize files through the Desktop App. Tried an earlier Stable Build (203.4.4857). This briefly worked. It recognized the install, connected to the Online Folder, started a sync and the icon appeared. THEN the app updated added the current build to the PC and I am back to no icon, no sync and No Resolution!Solved87Views2likes5Comments