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SteveDesmarais
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Setting Dropbox Transfer preference

Hi, I’m on a Mac using the v.206.4.6506 of Dropbox desktop app.   Recently when I’m uploading files using Dropbox Transfer, I set the expiration date, let’s say one year later, and turn off the ...
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  • DesktopPM's avatar
    DesktopPM
    2 years ago

    Hey @SteveDesmarais, I am a Product Manager on the team here at Dropbox! I wanted to let you know that after some investigation, we realized that recent changes we made to the desktop client seem to have modified the Transfer feature behavior. Based on what you've described there were two primary changes.

     

    • As it relates to having your settings persist, this seems like a pretty easy fix and we're going to prioritize adding it back very soon. 
    • Supporting multiple windows being open at the same time will take a little longer, but I have added it to our roadmap. 

     

    I want to thank you for reaching out on the forums. Your feedback is extremely valuable and allows us to continue to build a better product 🙂 

Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
2 years ago

Hi @SteveDesmarais, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Currently, there isn't a method to remember the previous transfer settings. 

 

Additionally, it wouldn't be possible to have multiple transfer windows open at the same time.

 

We appreciate the feedback on this matter and we take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox app and features.

  • SteveDesmarais's avatar
    SteveDesmarais
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Hi Jay,

    Thanks for the quick answer. How it was possible to have settings remembered before and also was able to have multiple window but now it’s no more possible. Maybe someone didn’t verified this before plublishing the update… or voluntarily decided to remove these features. Sometimes small decisions have big impact on users daily routine of doing things in their job. So I understand that my « suggestions » have been put in the jar of ideas to improve the app, maybe sometimes… instead of a list of things to bring back as it was before an update of the app?

    • DesktopPM's avatar
      DesktopPM
      Icon for Dropbox Product Manager rankDropbox Product Manager
      2 years ago

      Hey @SteveDesmarais, I am a Product Manager on the team here at Dropbox! I wanted to let you know that after some investigation, we realized that recent changes we made to the desktop client seem to have modified the Transfer feature behavior. Based on what you've described there were two primary changes.

       

      • As it relates to having your settings persist, this seems like a pretty easy fix and we're going to prioritize adding it back very soon. 
      • Supporting multiple windows being open at the same time will take a little longer, but I have added it to our roadmap. 

       

      I want to thank you for reaching out on the forums. Your feedback is extremely valuable and allows us to continue to build a better product 🙂 

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