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tewksjj
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3 years ago

Missing images when downloading batches of photos from the photos tab

Hello - I am organizing all of my families photos from about 15 years of Dropbox use - photos everywhere.  To do that, I am downloading all of the photos, using the photos tab in Dropbox, working thr...
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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi tewksjj, welcome to our Community! 

 

I'd like for you to try downloading the files in smaller batches, do you notice the same behavior? Let's say for instant that you download 50 files, that 3 of these files have the same file name.

 

What happens if you also try a different browser altogether? 

 

Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there! 

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tewksjj
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Smaller batches work.   If I keep it to a few hundred images, typically it is fine.  I am fairly sure it has to do with images with the same name in different parts of dropbox, but it is odd, because there are times when I can download 1500 images at once and all of them come through. I am using Chrome as a browser.  

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