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pinknoyze
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3 years ago
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Does dropbox rename file types ?

I was uploading an mp3 file to share. After it is uploaded, Dropbox is calling it flac. Why ?

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    Rich
    3 years ago
    pinknoyze wrote:

    I was uploading an mp3 file to share. After it is uploaded, Dropbox is calling it flac. Why ?

    Dropbox doesn't rename or convert your files.

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    3 years ago
    pinknoyze wrote:

    I was uploading an mp3 file to share. After it is uploaded, Dropbox is calling it flac. Why ?

    Dropbox doesn't rename or convert your files.

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