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Organize your day with Dropbox Basic If you have a Dropbox Basic account, you can use it to make your day run smoothly, from Paper tips, to storage suggestions, now is the time to make the most of your account: Keep your Dropbox account tidy Use a Paper to-do list and other templates Save time with Dropbox Passwords Easily restore deleted files Now, letâs explore each of these in more detail. Keep your Dropbox account clean and tidy: âA stitch in time saves nineâ is definitely true, and a minute spent organising files can save⊠well, a lot of wasted time. Whether itâs making sure your files are organized in a way that makes the most of your space, or using the multi-file organize feature, you can keep your account ship shape, and easy to navigate. Got any other organizational tips youâd recommend? Leave it in the comments below! Use a Paper to-do list to keep on top of things: Using to-do lists to make sure you keep on top of tasks can be super helpful! Set to-dos for yourself, and prioritise by date so you can forget about tasks until a later time. We even created a handy little to-do list if you work from home right over here. Why not try Paper templates (right here) to get started on group projects, creative briefs and more. Forget the password stress: Dropbox Passwords is a password manager that syncs across your devices, without taking up any space in your Dropbox account. It lets you seamlessly sign in to websites and apps by storing your passwords securely. The app remembers your usernames and passwords on all your devices â so you donât have to. Learn more about it here. Add up all of those saved 5 minute intervals when you canât remember your details and you have a nice chunk of time back! Get too into the Marie Kondo method? Did you get too into your file clean up and accidentally delete a file you need? No problem. You can easily restore anything youâve deleted in the past 30 days from dropbox.com, learn all about it here. A tidy space, a to-do list and some time savers - if those donât help you to organize your day, weâll be shocked! Got any tips of your own to share? Weâd love to hear them!Amy4 years agoCommunity Manager71KViews27likes10Comments
Android 14: Camera Uploads needs access to storage
Those of you who have this error: 1. In Android Settings, go to Apps. Select Dropbox. 2. Click "Force Stop". 3. Click "Permissions". 4. Click on "Photos and Videos". 5. Select "Don't Allow". 6. Restart Dropbox. Open Dropbox Settings. 7. Click on Camera Uploads. 8. Dropbox will ask you for permission again. Select "Allow All". 9. Done. It's fixed.SolvedJames S.53 years agoHelpful | Level 511KViews22likes16CommentsWorking from home cheat sheet
Now that weâre a few weeks in to working from home, it can he hard to remember to do all the good things we normally would do at work. Weâve pulled together some tips to keep you on the right track. Feel free to print the checklist below this as a daily or weekly reminder, and let us know if you want any other tips. Access for you and your team: Making sure everyone on your team has access to the files and folders they need is paramount, so if you are a Dropbox Business Admin, here is some info on getting started. To make it even easier to stay connected, here is some information on the Dropbox mobile apps and integrations. Making it easy to access your files really saves time, so itâs well worth getting organized early. Your workspace: Your home workspace might not be perfect, but itâs important to make sure it works for you. If possible, your work space should be quiet, comfortable and clearly set up for working. Even if itâs your kitchen table, having clear separation of the âworkâ table and the âeatingâ table is key, so make sure you clear away the unnecessary things, whether itâs a salt shaker or your keyboard. I think itâs fair many of us underestimated how much of a difference a good office chair makes, but those cosy kitchen chairs you have at home might feel more comfortable for working if you adjust your posture, simply by raising our screens closer to your eye-line to avoid back strain and hunching over. Your day: Our days look a little different and it can seem pointless to do some of the routine things we did back in the office but keeping the routine makes it easier for work time to be work time, and home time to be home time. Getting dressed for work means you still get the satisfaction of changing out of your work clothes at 6 o clock. Going for a walk when you would normally be commuting makes your start time feel more real. Taking those coffee breaks and moments away from your desk are just as important now as when you actually had a meeting room to go to. There will be interruptions and real life things that donât happen at the office but the more you have an established workspace and routine, the easier it is to slip in and out of work time. Working From Home checklist: Get dressed (pyjamas donât count unless itâs casual Friday) Set up workspace Create daily to do list with Dropbox paper - ticking the boxes is super satisfying Check in with your team and ensure you are all clear on work for the day Stand up and walk or stretch for 1 minute after each meeting/call Every time you sit back to your desk, readjust your sitting position to ensure your feet are flat and your shoulders are back, and youâre not hunched up. Coffee break - give your eyes a screen rest Lunch break - try to eat your lunch at a different desk than the one you work at Get outside for 5 minutes if you can Put away your work when youâre finished At least once a week clear any debris that has collected on your desk, bits of paper, extra cups, cables etc. Breathe! We would love to know if this was useful for you, or if you have any other important working from home tips or requests, so join the conversationDBXCommunity6 years agoCommunity Manager21KViews20likes10CommentsLooking for something on the Dropbox Community?
Weâre guessing you came here with a question about Dropbox, and the Community is definitely the right place for that. If you want to search for something specific, just type it in the search box above, and click enter or click on the magnifying glass. Whether itâs about how to integrate Gmail, or what features are included in your Dropbox plan, weâve got you covered. If you have a question you want to ask, you can do that here, just click âStart a discussionâ, and Community members and Dropbox staff can help you out. Are you looking to: Learn some tips and tricks about Dropbox? You can find those here. Know more about how other Community members are using Dropbox? You can check out this thread. Want to check out ideas from other Community members, or even submit your own? You can check out our ideas section. Want to know more about the Dropbox Community? You can check out this area, or just join the conversation and ask a question in the comments down below!Amy6 years agoCommunity Manager1.2MViews19likes0CommentsWe want to hear from you
Whether itâs for personal use, education or work, there are a lot of people who use Dropbox differently. We want to know more about how you get the most from Dropbox, and how you make it work for you. We would love to see any tips, tricks or Dropbox features that make your life easier in the comments, to help other Dropbox members. Join the conversation and share your insights below Thank you - from the entire Community teamAmy6 years agoCommunity Manager25KViews15likes51CommentsHow you use Dropbox; Sailing edition
If thereâs one thing that always puts a smile on our faces here on the Dropbox Community, itâs hearing about new and unique ways that our members have found to use their âDropbox account, and this might be one of our favorites so far. BasseART shared how he uses Dropbox for sailing trips, both in the planning stage and while they were out on the open sea, and itâs safe to say itâs one of the most interesting customer stories weâve heard in a long time. So, youâre probably wondering if weâre going to share how they use Dropbox with you, and Iâm happy to say âwe Arrr!â. For a recent trip from Split, Croatia to Sicily, Italy, BasseART explained the many uses for Dropbox on his sailing trips, the first is one that weâll all be familiar with, storage. Hereâs what he had to say, âFirst of all, I have a lot of manuals, interesting courses, books, and reference books about sailing. I'm not reading those books underway, but from time to time I simply want to look up things. Instead of carrying my full archive, I have digital copies on my Dropbox - which are offline synchronised.â Now, ye landlubbers may not have realized, but thereâs a lot of paper work that comes with sailing. Here's how BasseART keeps on top of it with Dropbox, âKeeping the logs in a table, planning a passage and drawing on a map is still important, even when having a digital plotter on board. What if the electronics fail and you have no clue where you are? So, I work with paper and pencil, after arrival I put digital scans of these papers ... in my Dropbox account.â While making the 5-day journey through the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, constantly sailing day and night, it was all hands on deck and hereâs how @BaseART used Dropbox to help keep the journey on track, âWe use Bracknell maps to analyze the weather conditions at sea. Those gif files are stored and updated in my Dropbox. I would love to find a quick way to draw annotations on the document directly in dropbox, adding arrows, indicating a low pressure area etc. free-hand drawing, using my iPad.â âAnother example you can see in the image is when I define the tidal depth in function of day and time on a specific location. What I did here was export from Dropbox to the iPad photo library to do some manual editing.â @BaseArt has also submitted a feature request in our Share an idea section to make it easier for him to edit these files on the iPad, you can learn more about this idea and vote for it here. Weâd love to hear if youâve ever used Dropbox in a similar way to BasseART, or if you have your own unique way of using Dropbox, leave a response here and let us know.Graham2 years agoCommunity Manager26KViews14likes4CommentsHow to fix being stuck on Indexing forever loop of death on multi million file DBs after db crash
Ok so I've used Dropbox for almost as long as its existed and recently due to frustration with the never finishing indexing bug I was forced to find out why this kept happening so I could prevent it. Bear with me on this long post but trust me its worth it, what I found was mind blowing and game changing. So our business Dropbox is more than 9 million files strong, I've noticed REALISTICALLY any machine handling over 2 million will just enter an indexing loop at some point from which it will never recover, after its happened 5 times in the last week I was pissed enough to that I decided I was going to find out why this is happening, I know I'm pushing the limits but we've had machines with 2.5m files running fine for years, why some work fine and some don't was a mystery, one I was determined to find out. When you add stuff to your Dropbox, Dropbox has to index it so it can know what to do with it. If you add "too much stuff" (copying 200,000 files of small size in one go, coders know what I'm talking about) or do it "too fast" (changing access permissions on 1.5 million files located within Dropbox in one go in less than 5 minutes) on a computer with too many files (1-2+m) this causes Dropbox to start indexing them all at once causing the system to slow to a crawl however if you don't let Dropbox finish before doing something else (like adding more files or using the computer for other tasks) or someone else adds a bunch of files on another machine its almost for sure going to cause Dropbox to crash and restart during this process (it happens quite frequently), this crashing and restarting triggers a full reindexing of the ENTIRE database, ALL files, and since the machine is already trying to download or upload some of the new files while trying to reindex the current millions of files, doing both at once overtaxes it, which causes it to crash, and were back to square one with the infinite indexing crash loop. This kept happening to us all the time, the only solution was to unlink and relink the Dropbox account so all pending changes were lost, we got a bunch of conflicted copies and spent days sorting out the mess. So I figured I needed to see what was going on with Dropbox, what it was doing when it was "indexing" to find out what was causing the crashes. So after looking for a while I found using Microsoft's sysinternals process monitor (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) configured in a certain way allowed me to look at EXACTLY what dropbox was doing and I found out all I just told you and another very important piece of info. (if you want to see how awesome it looks in action check out THIS video:) When you click PAUSE FILE SYNCING you would think Dropbox pauses and ceases all operations, but you are wrong!, it pauses all incoming and outgoing transfers but any INDEXING tasks keep going! This is an absolute game changer! now if I see a machine that says "Indexing" for a long time, I turn on the process monitor, hit pause on the file syncing and watch as the machine does the indexing at super high speed (5-10 times faster than doing it while downloading), it usually finishes doing the full file reindexing in a couple of minutes once its done I can hit back resume and keep going, I've never had the app crash while doing this "offline" or "paused" indexing, thus avoiding the inevitable crash, and reindex loop. I have been successful in recovering 4 machines from the indexing loop of death using this method, where before I was screwed and had to eat the duplicate files and cleanup for a week and a TON of annoyed users in the office. Basically if your machine is taking too long indexing or is stuck indexing after a crash just hit "pause for 1 hour" and forget about it, it will still be working on the indexing in the background, and when it restarts it should have finished the re-index avoiding a crash when trying to download/upload the new files. Id wish Dropbox would have told us this, I never expected it to keep indexing while paused, I assumed pause was PAUSE, as in, cease all operations, it would have saved me so many headaches. All they need to do now is let us have a "log viewer" or something so we can tell when its done doing its thing and we can hit resume, also show us, even when in pause, when its indexing and when its not, so when its done we know we can restart it safely, or the better yet, set it to where if Dropbox has to index a large volume of files (say over 100), it will automatically pause all other disk operations until the indexing is complete, then restart the downloads, trying to do both does not work, i know you want it to but it just doesn't, and just causes the whole thing to explode non stop in a loop of death, maybe enable this on a setting somewhere? or auto enable it on machines with over 500k files? something has to be able to be done. TLDR: If your Dropbox is stuck indexing, hit pause 30 mins, and let it do its thing until its done, it will keep on doing it even when paused, you wont know if its doing anything or working unless you use procmon, but its working, and try avoid using the hard drive or the machine until its done, (usually less than 30 mins), and your indexing/crashing problem will be fixed. Message to Dropbox: Dear Dropbox, Please give us a way to view this info without having to resort to third party programs, this way we can help auto troubleshoot our Dropbox issues and take a lot of load off your customer service guys. Something like: Enabling a setting somewhere saying "activate/enable troubleshoot/server mode" or something that allows us to turn on an always shown (ALWAYS, NOT ONLY WHEN MOUSE OVER, BUT ALWAYS!!!) 3 tab little window, containing: Indexing files. (with a current list of the exact files being indexed and their speed (x files per sec)/paths) Downloading Files.(with a current list of the exact files being downloaded and their speed/paths) Uploading Files (with a current list of the exact files being uploaded and their speed/paths) There's another issue with slow uploads due to Dropbox connections stuck in a "stagnant state" (force closing the TCP socket connection using netmon restarts the download/upload and speed goes back up again) but that's another problem for another time. I hope this was helpful to some other sysadmin and sorry for the long message but it needed explaining.SolvedXionicFire4 years agoCollaborator | Level 936KViews14likes12Comments2022 cheat sheet with Dropbox
A lot of you enjoyed our 2021 cheat sheet last year (how has it been 12 months?) and this year we have even more advice to make your 2022 easier. With another 12 months of working from home experience, and some great new features to share, weâre happy to share some more tips on how to organize your life, or files, or maybe both! Capture the moment without a meeting With Dropbox Capture you can get your message across with screenshots, GIFs, or simple videos recorded right on your screen - so you can cut down on meetings and emails, and keep it a little more succinct and personal. 2022 is not the year for meetings that arenât essential. With Capture you can share updates on anything, and you can easily add voiceovers and markups - simple! Paper tips to stay organized I am a huge Paper fan - I use it for everything. You might have seen how I use it for organizing the holidays, but I also use it to keep on track of my day to day. You can even use some templates (right here) to get rid of that blank page fear we can sometimes feel (just me?). Using to-do lists to make sure I get my work done, with dates and check boxes, I get through it all and I get the satisfaction of ticking it off. You can find more Paper tips here. Weâd love to hear how you make the most of Paper, so tell us your tricks in the comments below! Use Dropbox Shop to share your work with customers Shop is a new Dropbox capability that enables content creators to sell their digital content directly from Dropbox. Whether itâs for easily setting up product listings, connecting directly with customers, or seeing what works or doesnât work through analytics - youâll be set. If you create digital art, music, photography, gaming content or have writing you want to share with your customers, Shop is perfect for you. Sign up and request access here so you can get started! Forget the stress with Passwords Youâve definitely heard us chatting about Dropbox Passwords before, but for those of you who might not know yet - itâs password manager that syncs across your devices. It lets you seamlessly sign in to websites and apps by storing your passwords securely. The app safely stores your usernames and passwords on all your devices â so you donât have to keep them all in your head. Dropbox Passwords helps you to: Create secure, strong passwords that sync across your devices Lock the Passwords app automatically after inactivity or whenever your device is locked Unlock the Passwords app with Face ID or Touch ID on your iOS devices or fingerprint scanner on your Android device Never worry about a password again! Make the most of the Dropbox Community Everyone can need a little help sometimes - and why not turn to a Community of people like you, with some experts sprinkled in as well? Whether youâve misplaced a file, want to share an idea of your own, or you just want to know more about how to make the most of Dropbox - the Community can help. With other Community members, our super star Super Users and Dropboxers all hanging out here, weâll make sure you get sorted! Work from home tips And as we look forward to 2022, it looks like working from home is still going to be around for some of us. So whether youâre wfh permanently, youâre back in the office for a few days or youâre working in a hybrid way, here are some tips to make working from home easier, and keeping up a good routine. Working From Home Checklist: Get dressed. It definitely helps to shift your mindset and 20 months in, PJs donât feel so great anymore Set up your workspace and make sure you have a big water bottle to sip on throughout the day - no one needs a dehydration headache Create daily to do list with Dropbox Paper - never forget to a task again Check your meeting schedule and make sure all meetings are necessary, and record and updates with Capture clip instead and take that time back Stand up or stretch for 1 minute after each meeting or call, maybe even fold a load of laundry - working from home has its perks. Every time you sit back to your desk, readjust your sitting position to ensure your feet are flat, your shoulders are back and youâre not huddled over the keyboard. Coffee break - give your eyes a screen rest Lunch break - try to eat your lunch at a different desk than the one you work at. Why not try a new recipe once a week? Get outside for some fresh air if you can Put away your work when youâre finished At least once a week clear any debris that has collected on your desk, bits of paper, extra cups, cables etc. Breathe! And, just to be sure youâre not overdoing it - here tips weâve shared on how to avoid burnout too, so make sure you take care of yourself too! These are just a few suggestions to make 2022 a great year - but we would love to hear your thoughts and and advice you have as well!Amy4 years agoCommunity Manager15KViews13likes5CommentsHow we use Dropbox: Sheena
Weâre back again with another dive into how we, Dropboxers, use Dropbox. This time we have the ever wonderful, social media master, code queen, Sheena! And we can add family file manager to this ever-growing list! Iâm from a large Irish family, which means I have tons of cousins, aunts and uncles, and of course my wonderful grandparents. As the eldest cousin on my motherâs side, it generally falls to me to keep the cousins in line, and to gather the best gossip for my Grandmother! About 6 years ago my Grandmother mentioned that she felt she was missing out, as all of her grandchildren would share their best photos on social media, and she didnât get to see them. That year I created the first Christmas Family Calendar. It was created using simple calendar creation websites, of which there are tons. I first got the pictures by looking at the familyâs Facebook profiles and choosing lovely pics from holidays, parties and events throughout the year that my Grandparents would not have seen. Throughout the years, many of us have stopped updating Facebook as often, and some have stopped using social media altogether, so I needed a new way to gather the photos. This is when Dropbox came in! Three years ago, I created a File Request for the calendar photos, sent the link to the whole family⊠and thatâs it. The photoâs simply rolled in throughout the year. Every so often I would send a reminder to add their best pics using the file request. By the end of the year I had more than enough photos, many that were never seen before as they were just stored in one of our phones until that point. This year, since we hadnât been able to see each other as much as usual, I created the Christmas Family Calendar for my Grandparents as normal, and then as a special bonus I was able to send the full collection of photos to the whole family as a digital memory book for the year. Family pixelated to protect identities. Group photos taken prior to Covid-19 restrictions. Thanks Sheena! I might have to steal this for myself⊠How do you use Dropbox to share family memories?Emma5 years agoCommunity Manager11KViews13likes1CommentOnline education: discussion
This year, education has been a little different. Whether youâve been wearing masks in class or teaching online, itâs clear that remote learning has changed education in a big way. We know there are a lot of educators and students in our Community and we would love to hear your thoughts. You might have seen us talking about some tools that will hopefully make your life easier as a teacher, and we mentioned the Rev extension. This extension creates 99% accurate Rev transcripts, captions, and subtitles directly from files within your Dropbox account. On top of taking the legwork out of transcription, they have also created a playbook for transitioning to online learning that you can check out here. Weâve pulled out a few facts we found interesting, so have a read and join the discussion Online courses make learning accessible and flexible to a greater number of potential learners. These include students with disabilities, geographical restrictions, or prohibitive work schedules. Plus, as more people expect colleges and universities to provide online options, virtual classes allow institutions to stay competitive, and we are big fans of online learning. Whether itâs accessing course documents, participating in online video classes or staying on track with coursework, there are Dropbox tips to help teachers and students to use Paper, or apps and integrations that can save you time like Zoom, Gmail, and more. One of the topics we really enjoyed learning about in that playbook was the split between synchronous and asynchronous work, as thatâs something we do ourselves at Dropbox. Much like our day to day work, engaging students with simultaneous live instruction and on-demand material is key to getting the best results. But determining which activities should take place when needs careful and considered planning. While some activities can be effective synchronously or asynchronously, others are best suited for one specific method. In their research, Digital Promise and Tyton Partners found that instructors were using synchronous and asynchronous learning for the activities in the image above. What do you think about this balance of activities? How do you balance your teaching?Amy5 years agoCommunity Manager20KViews12likes0Comments
