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Andika Scofield's avatar
Andika Scofield
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Dropbox duplicates a file when copy from iPhone Files app to Dropbox. Why?

Halo, I'm Andi, iOS dev.   I found an issue when creating files to Dropbox, through "Files" in iPhone. When I save my file to Dropbox from my app, sometimes that file will be duplicated.   ...
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FlyingDutch7's avatar
FlyingDutch7
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
Manual upload
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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi FlyingDutch7, sorry to jump in here! 

 

Can you also clarify your OS the the Dropbox version you're using, please? 

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    FlyingDutch7
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago
    344.2.4
    IOS 16.6
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    FlyingDutch7
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago
    Good morning drobox staff, i have to apologize that i put my issue in the wrong discussion of this community forum. My reply in this discussion belongs to “Picture Uploads from iPhone to Dropbox (file size varies). Is it possible to continue this in that discussion?

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