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goemonburo
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Increase thumbnail size?

Dropbox is basically unusable for me because the thumbnails displayed are too small for me to really see, meaning I have to open each file (which takes a few seconds) just to see if it's something I ...
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Nancy
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3 years ago

Thanks for clarifying that! If you open your mobile app, and go to your Files tab, there’s a little square icon on the other side of the “Modified” header. Can you please tap it, and let me know if it makes a difference? One of the two modes/views enlarges the thumbnails, so I want to make sure you have the correct view selected.

 

Regarding the desktop app, the thumbnails you see there are determined by your OS. Can you let me know what’s your computer’s current OS version?

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goemonburo
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
Thank you, yes, now I can see larger images in the Android app. My desktop is Ubuntu Linux, 20.04, and those images are much smaller than my desktop thumbnails.

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