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Luanne R.1
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago
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Mac photos on dropbox

I have both the "Camera Uploads" and "Photos Library.photoslibrary" on Dropbox.  I want to take both of them off because I now have my photos on the Apple cloud. How can I take them both off and ma...
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  • Elixir's avatar
    Elixir
    8 years ago

    Hey Luanne R.1, You can disable importing photos to Dropbox from the preferences. Click the Dropbox icon on the Menubar > Click the gear icon > and choose Preferences. 

     

     

    Next, go to Import tab, and uncheck the Enable camera uploads checkbox. 

     

     

    You should not delete the Photos Library.photoslibrary as it contains the data of your photos, albums, slideshows, and print projects. You can simply drag the file outside the Dropbox folder, the default location is Users > [username] > Pictures. Once, you drag this file there, you can double click to open it. It should lauch the Photos app, and everything should work fine. 

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Elixir
Star | Level 19
8 years ago

Hey Luanne R.1, You can disable importing photos to Dropbox from the preferences. Click the Dropbox icon on the Menubar > Click the gear icon > and choose Preferences. 

 

 

Next, go to Import tab, and uncheck the Enable camera uploads checkbox. 

 

 

You should not delete the Photos Library.photoslibrary as it contains the data of your photos, albums, slideshows, and print projects. You can simply drag the file outside the Dropbox folder, the default location is Users > [username] > Pictures. Once, you drag this file there, you can double click to open it. It should lauch the Photos app, and everything should work fine. 

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Luanne R.1
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Hello Elixir,

Thanks for the detailed info.  I have disabled the camera uploads. 

 

When I drag Photos Library.photoslibrary to the Pictures, I get a message saying that I already have a newer version, do I want to replace it or keep both?

I am afraid if I keep both, the pictures will merge and I’ll have a lot of double images…

 

What do you suggest?

Thank you,

L 

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