Most of my files are missing from Dropbox. I can only see the more recent ones.

Hi Nanavirginnia ​and welcome back to the Dropbox Community. I am glad to see you got everything sorted and you located your files.
 
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Thanks for the update, Nanavirginnia ​!

I'm glad to hear that.

If you come across any other issues, let us know. 

Have a great weekend!

Please mark my post as solved.  Everything finally shows up on all devices.  Thanks to all who helped me

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Nanavirginnia wrote:

as for deleting the duplicate posts i dont know where to find all my posts on this subject so i can delete them

Don't worry about that. There's no need.

Hi Nancy

i have no way to tell if all my files are on my old iPad. But there are a lot showing up

as for deleting the duplicate posts i dont know where to find all my posts on this subject so i can delete them, WHILE KEEPING THE CURRENT post people are replying to

please advise.  Thanks 

Nanavirginnia wrote:

Can’t understand why they didn’t transfer when i set up new ipad and transferred everything

When you replace an iPad and you transfer everything to the new one, your Dropbox files do not transfer. This is because the files don't exist on the iPad. The Dropbox app just lets you see the files that are in your account online. Files are not actually stored on the device, unless you mark them as available offline), and even then they wouldn't transfer to a new device. Instead, you would just install the Dropbox app on the new device and sign in with the same account you used on the old device. Everything would be the same if you're using the same account.

Did you understand my email 2 days ago? That i found my files on same account on my previous ipad THAT SHOULD HAVE TRANSFERRED when i set up new ipad.  Yesterday i upgraded to plus temporarily to make transferring my files from old ipad to new current one   Can’t understand why they didn’t transfer when i set up new ipad and transferred everything

I’ve advised you and rich several times that i don’t know how to delete multiple requests for same thing.   You can probably do it for me, right?

i only know how to save files to DB.   Thanks for your help 

As long as you are using the same account on both you dont need to transfer them - it just happens. Thats the whole point of Dropbox - what is on one device is accessible on the other (note, however, they wont download to the iPad they'll just be on the app).