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Connie M.4's avatar
Connie M.4
Helpful | Level 5
8 months ago

Select a date range for Camera Uploads to upload

That Camera Uploads folder gets pretty big! I move photos off into subfolders by year. But every time I connect my iPhone, Camera Uploads wants to upload all the photos it can find. My request is t...
Camera uploads
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Jay
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8 months ago

Hi Connie M.4, thanks for messaging the Community.

Just for clarification, are you using the camera upload feature only when you connect your phone to your computer?

Are you not using the automatic camera upload feature on the Dropbox mobile app instead? This already has a similar option, to only upload new photos from the date of activation.

This will help me to assist further!

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