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dpbrick
Helpful | Level 6
11 months ago

Force iOS Dropbox app to upload camera pictures in the background

You should find a way to force the iOS Dropbox app to upload camera pictures in the background regardless of whether or not the app is actually active. As it stands now, this function is hardly of an...
Camera uploads
iOS
Photos
Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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11 months ago

Hey dpbrick, thanks for posting on our Community today!

Out of curiosity, have you already checked out this Help Center article? 

In general, your camera uploads should be working in the background, but there are some factors that may affect that. 

Let me know what you find.

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