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VinceM50's avatar
VinceM50
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
Solved

Dropbox unstable in iPad OS Files App.

The problem I have is that Dropbox seems to crash when running on an iPAD via the apple files app. If I open an application that uses the files app, such as Pages or Final Draft, when saving to the D...
Mobile
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Third Party Integrations
  • rhut's avatar
    rhut
    2 years ago

    We recently upgraded the syncing experience between the Files and Dropbox and it should be more reliable now.  Ensure that your Dropbox app is upgraded to receive the full benefits of this experience!

Seth L.2's avatar
Seth L.2
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

same issue here. But even when I reboot the iPad, the dropbox is unusable in files. I just tried to open a file...and while rebooting allowed me to see it, there's no way to download it or open it. Just frozen. This extends to apps beyond files: pdf expert also loses annotations to things stored in dropbox. really a shame. 

RAChalmers's avatar
RAChalmers
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
Yes, it’s definitely something in the Apple <-> Dropbox interface.

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