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Ruxianwang
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2 years ago

Dropbox app compressed my photos

I use Dropbox to store my photos for years and I just discovered that all my files are compressed ! I uploaded a 4M and it turned out to be 800k. I try to download it and it is still 800k. Is Dropbox ...
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Ruxianwang
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2 years ago

Here is the photo before and after, and I clicked the upload button on the app. 

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Ruxianwang
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
I think I know why but I am still confused. So if I scroll down when viewing a photo , it shows 6.3M, but if I opened it on snapseed it shows 1.7M which is what Dropbox gave me. Why is this ?

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