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Suddenly have this major problem: I cannot work on text files in my iPad FILES app. Can't open, move, copy, whatever. I get the messages shown in the attached screenshots. I sure don't want to pay £50 a year to be able to work with downloaded text files. I had always (many years?) assumed this was a built-in facility, but looks like it's a commercial 'extension' of some sort called Text Editor + ?
Thanks Hannah, I think you're right. I get the same behaviour in all the FILES app locations. I also posted identical request in the Apple iPad forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255463882?sortBy=best
But posted here partly because I wasn't 100% sure I could rule out Dropbox but also hoping other Dropbox users who also have iPads could advise if they had same issue.
Terry, UK
Hey @Terry P., thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.
This looks like it's coming from your OS and not Dropbox.
Do you only see these pop-ups when trying to edit .txt files in Dropbox? How about other locations in the files app?
Keep me posted.
Hannah
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support
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Thanks Hannah, I think you're right. I get the same behaviour in all the FILES app locations. I also posted identical request in the Apple iPad forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255463882?sortBy=best
But posted here partly because I wasn't 100% sure I could rule out Dropbox but also hoping other Dropbox users who also have iPads could advise if they had same issue.
Terry, UK
Thanks for the update, Terry!
Hopefully, this will get resolved for you the soonest possible.
If you need anything else, please let us know!
Hannah
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support
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