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Em_6
Collaborator | Level 8
5 years ago

Photo backup on iPhone isn’t working

I’ve been using Dropbox to backup my iPhone and noticed recently it’s been really slow. Last night I went to back it up again but it just said it was starting photo backup, but it still hasn’t found ...
Camera uploads
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Em_6's avatar
Em_6
Collaborator | Level 8
5 years ago
Walter & Megan I didn’t tag you so idk if you were notified of my replies sorry
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Evan P.4
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

I'm also experiencing this "starting photo backup" "looking for photos" issue since an app update a few days ago. The process was so stable prior to the app update that I used it as my primary way to move photos from phone to internet, I hope they can get this figured out ASAP.

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