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sarah2023
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
File/Video won't save to iPad or iPhone
Hi - When using the Dropbox App on my iPhone or iPad, I want to download or save the video. I select 'save video', it starts the download process and when its finished I get the error message "Sorry, this type of video cannot be saved to this device." It is an mp4 video which I used to be able to save with no issues. I can download it using my computer but not using the mobile app. Looking for some help with this please. Thank you!
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- sarah20233 years agoExplorer | Level 3
That is actually the first thing I did on both my phone and iPad…the only thing that has done anything is clearing the cache so I can at least download…its just finding the darn files or getting them to go to camera roll…
- Megan3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi sarah2023, one more thing for us to check.
Do you have enough space on the device, in order to save the file?
- sarah20233 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I never thought of that one! But I just checked and I have almost 2TB of storage available so that is not the issue…
I really appreciate all your troubleshooting and hopefully we figure this out.
- Jay3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi sarah2023, just for clarification, my colleague was asking about the space on your mobile itself, and not the quota on the site.
- sarah20233 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi - I have used 100GB of 2 TB on my iPad…is this what you mean?
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Sarah!
Jay is actually referring to the storage space of your device, not your Dropbox account.
If you go to your device's Settings > General > iPad storage, do you see that you have at least 500MB of space available there?
- sarah20233 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Jay, The space I quoted is what is on my actual device (iPad Pro) and not the site…I went into my settings and storage available on IPad…
- sarah20233 years agoExplorer | Level 3Yes that is what I did. It says I have used only 101.3GB of 2TB in iPad storage. I have more than enough room.
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for checking that, Sarah, and happy Monday!
Can you also let us know which version of the Dropbox app you have installed?
If you restart the device, does it help?
Or if you uninstall and reinstall the Dropbox app?
- sarah20233 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Happy Monday! Thank you!
I had already done these things but did them again. Removed and installed app, checked for updates to app (none) and restarted iPad…I can download or it goes through the process but can not find the file on my iPad or iPhone anywhere…
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