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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, let’s explore each of these in more detail. Keep your Dropbox account clean and tidy: ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ is definitely true, and a minute spent organising files can save… well, a lot of wasted time. Whether it’s 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 you’d 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 — so you don’t have to. Learn more about it here. Add up all of those saved 5 minute intervals when you can’t 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 you’ve 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 don’t help you to organize your day, we’ll be shocked! Got any tips of your own to share? We’d 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 we’re 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. We’ve 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 it’s well worth getting organized early. Your workspace: Your home workspace might not be perfect, but it’s 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 it’s your kitchen table, having clear separation of the ‘work’ table and the ‘eating’ table is key, so make sure you clear away the unnecessary things, whether it’s a salt shaker or your keyboard. I think it’s 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 don’t 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 don’t count unless it’s 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 you’re 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 you’re 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?
We’re 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 it’s about how to integrate Gmail, or what features are included in your Dropbox plan, we’ve got you covered. If you have a question you want to ask, you can do that here, just click ‘Start a discussion’, 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 it’s 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 there’s one thing that always puts a smile on our faces here on the Dropbox Community, it’s hearing about new and unique ways that our members have found to use their Dropbox 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 it’s safe to say it’s one of the most interesting customer stories we’ve heard in a long time. So, you’re probably wondering if we’re going to share how they use Dropbox with you, and I’m happy to say “we Arrr!”. 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 we’ll all be familiar with, storage. Here’s what he had to say, “First 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.” Now, ye landlubbers may not have realized, but there’s a lot of paper work that comes with sailing. Here's how BasseART keeps on top of it with Dropbox, “Keeping 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.” While making the 5-day journey through the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, constantly sailing day and night, it was all hands on deck and here’s how @BaseART used Dropbox to help keep the journey on track, “We 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.” “Another 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.” @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. We’d love to hear if you’ve 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 Manager26KViews14likes4Comments2022 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, we’re 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 aren’t 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. We’d 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 it’s for easily setting up product listings, connecting directly with customers, or seeing what works or doesn’t work through analytics - you’ll 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 You’ve definitely heard us chatting about Dropbox Passwords before, but for those of you who might not know yet - it’s 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 — so you don’t 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 you’ve 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, we’ll 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 you’re wfh permanently, you’re back in the office for a few days or you’re 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 don’t 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 you’re 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 you’re 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 you’re not overdoing it - here tips we’ve 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!Amy5 years agoCommunity Manager15KViews13likes5CommentsOnline education: discussion
This year, education has been a little different. Whether you’ve been wearing masks in class or teaching online, it’s 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. We’ve 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 it’s 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 that’s 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 Manager20KViews13likes0CommentsHow we use Dropbox: Sheena
We’re 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! I’m 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 mother’s 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 didn’t 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 family’s 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 that’s it. The photo’s 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 hadn’t 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 Manager11KViews13likes1CommentLearn more about Dropbox Passwords
Hello, and welcome to the Dropbox Community if this is your first time here 😁 If you’re new here, and you have a question you want to ask, you can do that here, just click ‘Start a discussion’, and Community members and Dropbox staff can help you out. If you work from home, and you are without a helpful IT genius who can drop by your desk to help you sidestep your forgotten password, you could be tempted to reuse your passwords or make them easier to remember. Don’t do it. And if you are as worried about your personal account passwords, right now is the perfect time to set up Dropbox Passwords. What is Dropbox Passwords? Dropbox Passwords is a password manager that syncs across your devices. 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 — so you don’t have to. Dropbox Passwords provides enhanced security by allowing 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 devices You can also protect your entire Dropbox account (including Passwords) with two-factor authentication. Additionally, zero-knowledge encryption means that only you can access your passwords. You can learn more about this here. What about unique passwords? We all know we’re supposed to have unique passwords but, let’s be honest, no one has that kind of creativity and memory, so if you don’t have unique passwords for each and every service. Don’t worry, Dropbox Passwords can create and store unique passwords as you sign up for new online accounts. You can update existing passwords to be unique, and easily update or reset passwords whenever you need to. Unlimited passwords for everyone Now Dropbox Basic users can securely store and sync unlimited passwords and payment cards across three devices. Now you can autofill passwords, credit cards, and debit cards from your web browsers and mobile apps with Dropbox Passwords. You can even share passwords so you can give friends and family secure access, whether or not your streaming service wants you to… You can even add notes to your passwords, so if they ask for a date of birth you have that too. And any updates you make will sync with everyone so they never get locked out of shared accounts. Get started with Passwords now! When it comes to password security, you can leave the dark web monitoring to us with always-on monitoring, alerts, and notifications that tell you when to take action on password breaches. Respond quickly with easy-to-understand instructions from Dropbox. Keep your accounts secure with zero-knowledge encryption—ensuring only you can access your login info—plus strength ratings and unique suggestions for your passwords. How do I delete my Dropbox Passwords account? On the off chance on you don't love Passwords, you can remove all of the account information you have saved to Dropbox Passwords (including usernames, passwords, website URLs, and notes) and be finished with your account. Now that you're a Dropbox Passwords expert, if you want to get into more of the Dropbox Community, do you want 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!Amy5 years agoCommunity Manager1.9MViews12likes3Comments
