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PEteacher50
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3 years ago
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Eliminate alphabetical listing of uploaded photos.

Eliminate alphabetical listing of uploaded photos. I want chronological order. How can I fix this?
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    PEteacher50
    3 years ago

    Yes. I am dragging. I think I fixed the problem. I changed the settings to list in order of dates the photos were captured. It seems to have worked. Thanks everyone for your help!

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PEteacher50
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I apologize for the delay in responding. I am not "techy". lol. I believe I am moving each photo manually from my PC to Dropbox one-by-one. I am a name for my photos/video. So when I drag the item and it moves to the alphabetical listing on Dropbox.

Second concern....can I move photos/video directly from GooglePhotos to dropbox. Currently I am saving each to my PC and dragging to Dropbox. There must be a better way.

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Jay
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3 years ago

Are you dragging the files from your PC onto the Dropbox website directly, or, if you have the Dropbox desktop application, are you dragging them into the Dropbox folder?

 

Currently, there isn't a feature to copy from other cloud services to Dropbox, though there may be some third party apps or services that are able to assist you on this matter. 

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    PEteacher50
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    I believe I am dragging from Photos onto my Dropbox "file" I created. When I try to upload, I get a "failed" message

     

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      Jay
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      3 years ago

      From your description, it sounds like you're uploading to the Dropbox site, since the Dropbox desktop application doesn't have a failed message. 

       

      Have you tried dragging the file into the Dropbox folder on your computer, and not in the web browser?

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        PEteacher50
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        Yes. I am dragging. I think I fixed the problem. I changed the settings to list in order of dates the photos were captured. It seems to have worked. Thanks everyone for your help!

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