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mettaworldwill
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9 months ago

Saving image to Dropbox in iOS saves as URL

On iOS, when I save an image from Safari to the Dropbox app, before saving, the file name shows as a url file (and saves as a URL). I suspect today’s update causes this, because I was able to do this...
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mettaworldwill
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

Hi Jay, thank you for replying. It also happens in Chrome. However I can save an image as a jpeg within the Gmail app. 

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Hannah
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8 months ago

Hey mettaworldwill, I just tested this on my Dropbox app, version 420.2.2 and the file was saved as a .PNG file.

Which Dropbox version are you using?

You can see that by opening the app, tapping on "account" and then on the gear icon at the top right corner.

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    Mark
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    8 months ago

    Ive just updated to 421.1.2 and issue still exists. 

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    mettaworldwill
    Helpful | Level 6
    8 months ago

    420.2.2

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