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.
Moving files via the web interface is glacially slow - how to fix?
Hi: I'm trying to use the web interface to move pictures out of the "Camera uploads" folder and into a holding folder for later sorting. There are around 3k images that I would like to move, but the web interface returns an error along the lines of "that's too many files to move". That seems dumb (3k files isn't an unreasonably large number), but whatever. The real problem occurred when I tried to move the files in batches. I selected around 800 and tried to move them - I waited at least 10 mins before I gave up. As far as I can tell, no files were moved. Why is this and is there any fix other than moving the files using file explorer and then letting the changes sync to the web? Thanks, -Jeremy
Errors when trying to load my folder list and copy & move files on the website
For the past two days on the Dropbox website (Chrome browser Windows), I have gotten get Aw, Snap! or RESULT CODE HUNG memory error after waiting (and waiting) for the folder list to populate while trying to copy or move files. I have done all of the troubleshooting I can think of: My internet connection(s) are fine. In fact, I'm getting same error on each of our 3 different WiFi providers. My RAM says: 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable), and there plenty of memory space available on my Dell laptop. My Chrome version is up to date; and I have cleared caches, removed bad Chrome extensions, and even changed Chrome DNS settings. Same error occurs in Chrome incognito and in Microsoft Edge. I am not able to do this project on the Dropbox desktop or iPhone app. Failure of the folder list to populate makes it impossible to finish end-of-year projects. Is there something going on? Or are there any other suggestions? Thank you, amcoffice
File size display completely wrong on Dropbox.com
Long-time user here with Dropbox Advanced account. Dropbox has an article on how to view file sizes online: https://help.dropbox.com/storage-space/file-size Here is the problem: • I have folders filled with files that appear as "--" on the list (no size) — this is wrong • I have one folder with more than 2 GB inside of it that appears as ">527.41 KB" on the list — obviously false and misleading • There are other folders with similarly misleading sizes Given that I have hundreds of folders, you can see how this file size functionality is completely useless, because the user either can't trust it, or can't see the size of the folder. Can you kindly fix this bug?
Excel for the web is no longer able to load files.
Hello, My friend and I share multiple excel files that we use regularly. So far that worked like a charm! We've done so for years and we never really had any problems. But since this week, the larger files won't open anymore. Even files that we don't update anymore and always opened in Excel for the web, won't open anymore. Has anything changed? I've tried different browsers, clearing the browser cache, but it isn't working. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks in advance!
Give us the option to export/download comments
It would be extremely helpful to have the ability to download a PDF (or image, or other file types) with comments included. Alternatively, could there be a way save out just the comments as it's own downloadable format? If a file is changed, the comments disappear into the ether. This would help streamline our workflow and help keep track of changes/comments/conversations. Currently we screenshot every page with comments to keep track of edits. Thank you
Create a Dropbox Replay URL from within Dropbox
I need the ability to create a DropBox Replay url without going into the Replay application for first importing files into Replay. My understanding is that Replay files are stored within the DropBox so intuitively I should be able to create a url Replay url to invite people to review a folder of images and videos by giving them a properly formed url. I don't see a way from DropBox to share a folder via Replay. Can someone please confirm if Replay actually imports files from DropBox into a separate data repository for Replay or am I correct in thinking that the files live in the exact same spot. Ultimately, I need two things: 1) A way to get my DropBox folders into Replay without first having to go into Replay and import from DropBox into Replay 2) A way to get/build Replay urls so that people who click on this link and go straigh into Replay to view the content uploaded into that folder. I need this at both a folder level and individual file level. Thank you, DavidThe filenames of a folder that another user shared with me appear truncated.
When I go to a folder that some one shares with me it gives me a list where the file names are cut off. I end up having to either download the whole thing or look through files one by one to tell if it's a certain file extension or another. There is enough room on the page where the full file name should be able to display or I should be able to resize the columns to show the file name. It seems unnecessarily formatted in a way that causes me regular confusion and frustration.
