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pwkos171
2 months agoNew member | Level 2
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Camera Uploads - change location, more functions.
- Allow changing the location of the Camera Uploads folder (and its name, as many suggested before).
- Allow automatic folder organization based on file origin (or any folder organization).
1. The Camera Uploads folder is anchored to the top of the file directory. If you try to move it, Dropbox will re-create it in the original location. Cloud services should make it a rule to never force any folder locations. Even OneDrive, for all its faults, allows me to move its equivalent of Camera Uploads anywhere I want (but it will stubbornly keep creating Chats with AI folders, even though I never chat with Copilot). It is a minor thing, but it is annoying to see Camera Uploads outside of my Full Media Archive folder.
2. Camera Uploads shouldn't be a landfill. I personally generate about 250 videos and 10,000 photos a year across mobile devices. Untangling this rats' nest at the end of the year is a nightmare. Allow at least some grouping based on file origin. OneDrive lets you group by month —it's not much, but it helps. pCloud groups by origin folder on each respective device: phone/images/WhatsApp, phone/videos/WhatsApp, iPad/images, and so on.
Kudos for at least being smart enough not to back up files twice once you move them out of the folder. Other clouds require setting "available online only," purging the media on the phone, and then moving the files without creating duplicates.
2 Comments
- Laureline2 months ago
Community Manager
Hey pwkos171,
I saw your post on Reddit!It was such a good read, and it was particularly great to see that Dropbox was working well for you as a heavy user of large media files - we all know how having a steady storage ecosystem matters in this case.
We'll make sure to share your thoughts on the camera uploads folder with our product team, really appreciate the details.
Talk soon and let us know if you ever need assistance with your account.
- Neal2 months ago
Community Manager
Status changed:NewtoOpenHi pwkox171,
Thanks for submitting such a detailed idea.
I can appreciate how this would help a lot of photographers using Dropbox.
I've opened this up for votes so the community can weigh in.
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