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Andika Scofield
Explorer | Level 4
3 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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Walter
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3 years ago

If you're on a mobile device, you can try requesting the desktop version of the site to see the button FlyingDutch7 

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FlyingDutch7
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

This is a Live Photo uploaded to dropbox as static .jpg image iso 2 second movement as a video should look like.

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    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi FlyingDutch7, I hope you're doing well! 

     

    Apologies here, we just double checked with our Team, and the upload of live photos is not an option at this time. We'll share updates on this when available.

     

    Thank you!

  • abrech-mt's avatar
    abrech-mt
    New member | Level 1
    2 years ago

    It's 2024 - and we are having this issue as well.

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