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How to move photos into folders?
Hello How do I move photos from my camera upload folder to another folder?
suemc wrote:
... it only works if the images are already in the "files" section. These photos I want to move to folders are from a camera upload and are in the photos section.The Photos section isn't a separate area where photos are stored. Photos just shows you ALL of the photos that are in your account, from all folders. You can't move things out of Photos because it's just a way to view all of the photos in your account. Instead, you need to find the photos in the Files section and move them to the folders that you want them in. Any photos that are automatically uploaded to your account would usually be found in the Camera Uploads folder. It's from this folder (or others) that you would move them.
This is the same as using the Photos page on the Dropbox website, though the website also includes an option to "show in folder" so you can easily move from a photo on the Photos page to the folder that it resides in.
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I am also trying to do all these things but with an iPad.
How do I drag photos that I uploaded in Dropbox into a folder I created in my iPad Dropbox app?
- Mark
Super User II
I dont believe you can drag / drop on iPads Faye. You need to use the menu options.
I have jpg files that are actually receipt copies, etc that I do not want in my photos file. They should be in a regular folder. I can't seem to move them from the photos folder. I don't even know how they got into the photos folder.
- Rich
The Photos page isn't a folder. It's a display of all the image files in your account (from all folders). If you don't want a particular folder to be included in the Photos display, while viewing the timeline, find an image from one of those folders, right-click on it and select Exclude from Timeline... The entire folder will be excluded.
How do you select ALL files to move them into a folder. When using the web browser can't see any way to select all photos or files, just individual ones.
Joe, goto www.dropbox.com/home
hold down the control key to select multiple items for a group action...
This is not making much sense to me either. I can move photos into an album, but that's not what I want to do. How can I select multiple photos and move them into a shared folder?
Ok, I figured it out, but wow. That's an eye exercise. You pretty much have to know which photos are which based on a tiny thumbnail. Would have like to be able to do this directly from the main photos selection rather than viewing them in their actual folder.
Why is Dropbox so difficult to use? Sure doesn't seem very user friendly. I can not figure out how to even email a few particular pictures to someone. Seems that I have to use the thumbnails to choose from and they are so small. Then can't get them to email. Haven't had much luck even trying to get them in some seperate folders. How does a person get help??
Vivian, DB does not use the same 'model' as your operating system uses. For examples, the 'timeline' and 'albums' are Not folders but Views. Using the web site is a convenience, not the way you normally use your files.
