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Cloudsoverkorra
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1 year ago
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Do I need my files to be available offline to sync to the Dropbox website?

On my PC desktop, I am syncing my Camera Uploads folder in the Dropbox folder so I can sort out last year's pictures to a separate folder. I want it to then sync to the Dropbox site accordingly. It's ...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    1 year ago

    Yes, all changes within your Dropbox folder will sync back to Dropbox.com as long as the desktop app is running and syncing on your computer Cloudsoverkorra 

     

    Let us know if anything else comes up!

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Nancy
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1 year ago

Hey Cloudsoverkorra! Welcome back to our forum. 

 

To clarify, have you set the entire “Camera uploads” folder to be online-only? If you check www.dropbox.com, do you see all of your files the same way they’re showing on the desktop app? 

 

Finally, what’s the current syncing status of your Dropbox app? 

 

Keep me posted.

  • Cloudsoverkorra's avatar
    Cloudsoverkorra
    Helpful | Level 6
    1 year ago
    Hi! The entire camera uploads folder is set to Online-only. The files also reflect the same way on Dropbox.com as it does on my desktop.

    The Dropbox app is set to sync new photos only and continuous camera uploads is 'on'. Anytime I take a new picture it uploads to the camera uploads folder on Dropbox.com.

    I want this to sync to my desktop so I can sort it and have it sync sorted to Dropbox.com. I am just worried I will mess something up..

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