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James P.45's avatar
James P.45
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

Stuck "importing photos..."

My dropbox is set to auto import/upload my iphone photos, which it is doing. But it keeps telling me it's "importing photos..." and the menubar symbol is constantly the camera symbol that usually com...
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Daniel C.88's avatar
Daniel C.88
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

I am also finding that photos are not importing anymore, just the constant 'Importing photos...' message. Running DB 3.12.6 on El Capitan 10.11.2 and connecting an iPhone 6S Plus.

The only temporary fix is to Quit the Dropbox app but photos do not get imported and it gets stuck again when the phone is next connected. 

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