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sunnie1ee
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Trying to organize files by date created - naming convention method not working?

In an effort to sort a folder that contains all of the photos I took on my phone in 2021 by date created (so I just want them displayed in chronological order) I tried the suggestion of using a namin...
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sunnie1ee
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
Yeah I just don’t get it. Why can’t anyone at Dropbox explain to us why a ‘sort by date created’ option isn’t readily available?
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oceanside22
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

this has happened to my like 5 times. Just when I thought I found a way to organize photos the way I need it (wich is the simplest way by the way) just when I thought I succeeded something else fails. See photo attached . Now it turns out the “automation” for naming files doesn’t work for videos LOL what am I supposed to do now, have all my photos in order and make a different folder for videos??? Man, dropbox is a joke. 

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