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flyhen
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

How can I only upload the photos from my phone and not my computer to Dropbox?

Hello All,   I've noticed that (for awhile now) after I enabled the "Turn on camera uploads" on my iphone, whenever I had the iOS Dropbox App open, it not only uploaded all the photos in the ipho...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Since it says 'Manage backups', it means that something is enabled there, could you click that to see if Dropbox Backup is enabled for that device?

 

If you tap 'All photos' on the iPhone, what options do you get?

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flyhen
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I checked, all my macbooks that are connected, have the backup disabled.

 

As far as my iphone goes, this is what it is...

 

   

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Could you also check this page, just in case there was some kind of backup on your device at some point?

     

    There shouldn't be a symlink to your Desktop or Downloads folder, unless it was created by the Dropbox desktop application, or by yourself or another app.

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    flyhen
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    I created those symlinks myself years ago, the idea was that I will have access to the same files from different macs, and it worked, so from then on, I will have the same files/synced via symlink in my Desktop, Download folders, amongst other folders, and I really love it!

     

    here's a screen shot after clicking the link you suggested, and I even went into the "manage backups" just to give you an idea.

     

    thanks for all your help and being so patient!

     

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    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Well, Dropbox doesn't really support symlinks in this manner, and it should be disabled in fact, though it does depend on how they're created.

     

    Regarding the issue you're experiencing, it could be related to the symlinks somehow, though we wouldn't be able to see what is causing this.

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