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wmcorcor
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Loading FIles To DropBox Faster

I'm new to the 3TB plan on DropBox and I'm trying to copy my photos from my C: drive to DropBox.   If I do a Windows Explorer copy, the files default to Available Offline and my hard drive fills be...
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wmcorcor
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Thanks Mark:

 

I wish that was the case. I have high-speed internet connections at home and work and it's still slow loading to DropBox. Copying the same files to a different cloud storage providor (or two) is much faster.

 

When you say the faster way is the desktop app do you mean a) dropbox.com in a web browser, b) Windows File Explorer or is there some way to copy files using the App itself on Windows??

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