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Since April 10, I've been spending a LOT of time trying to upload photos and videos from my iPhone 7 [iOS 11.3 (15E216)] to my Mac [macOS High Sierra (Version 10.14.4)]. It used to do that no problem, but no more.
Sometimes I get only an error message, while other times, I get a message that makes me hopeful -- "Finding photos / Thus could take a while..." But it is followed up by another error message.
I've tried everything I can think of, including disabling then enabling imports, installing the newest version, etc. -- but I still get nothing but error messages. The two most common are:
1. "Camera upload error / Failed to import 210 of 210 photos."
2. "210 photos or videos from 2018.Phone.7 couldn't be imported. 0 photos and videos were imported."
Please help. Thank you!
I got a solution that worked for me from Dropbox Support. Thought I'd share it here for those who might benefit:
The application "Image Capture" which apparently comes with Macs -- who knew? -- can act as a "middleman" in the process to transfer images to Dropbox.
Most of these steps don't have to be repeated on subsequent uses.
As I mentioned, I'm not thrilled with this "workaround," but I suppose it will do until Dropbox engineers get around to fixing what is obvious problems.
I might have a fix (or at least a better workaround than using the "Image Capture", since that doesn't use the same naming format as Dropbox and you might end up with duplicates once importing works again - at least I get file like "IMG_9365.JPG" instead of "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.jpg").
On your iPhone, go to Settings > Photos. At the very bottom, toggle "Transfer to Mac Or PC" from "Automatic" to "Keep Originals". After doing this, I reconnected my iPhone and importing worked.
Note: This might transfer your current photos as HEIC files instead of JPEGs. I'm not a big fan of this HEIC format, but eh, at least I have importing now. If storing HEICs make you sad, I believe you can go to Settings > Camera > Formats and toggle it over to "Most Compatible", so future photos will be in JPEG.
My environment is as follows:
MacBook Pro, OS X 10.13.4
iPhone 8, iOS 11.3.1
Dropbox app on OS X: Stable Build 49.4.68
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Sanchez
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Thank you for your response, @Sanchez.
We can't think of anything that happened on 4/10 which might have anything to do with our connection or my computer, or even the phone, which is not where I use Dropbox. I did get updates to Clean Text Menu, Evernote, and iMovie on that date, though. I can't imagine they would be a problem. Could they?
Phone and iPad both using iOS 11.4.
Computer, which is where I use Dropbox, is using macOS High Sierra version 10.13.4, which is, according to my App Store, the most recent one available to me.
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@Sanchez wrote:
Hey @Michelle A.8,Thanks for the update. I recommend that you downgrade both your iPhone and iPad back to the current stable version of iOS, 11.3.
Issues like these are common when running beta versions of operating systems, as they are incomplete and unstable. If you continue to experience these issues after that, then it would be a good idea to contact our support team.Cheers!
Well, I guess I could do that on my iPad and iPhone, but the problem happens only on my Mac, so I'm not sure how this will affect the problem. Will do it, though, because I'm really wanting Dropbox to continue to work for me.
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I am experiencing exactly the same problem as Michelle A.8. On a MacBook Pro, I am running OS 10.13.4, Mac Dropbox v47.4.74; on an iPhone X, I am running iOS 11.3, Dropbox 92.2 (updated 2 days ago from 90.2 -- I have experienced the failure to download on both). I am not running any beta software.
After not having had any problem for years, my photos stopped uploading around the same time as Michelle A.8. I have also tried the same remedies as Michelle A.8, including unchecking and re-checking the "Enable camera uploads for Photos and videos" box, reinstalling the software, etc.
Please let us know what to do to fix this, as I value having my photos uploaded to Dropbox.
Thanks.
I have the same issue as Michelle and Max. I am running Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.4 and an iPhone 8 running 11.3. I had not syched for roughly 4 months but when I attempted to synch and backup my photos on 4/15/2018, I received the message stating that 550 photos could not be synched. Oddly, I was able to synch all of my phone screenshot .png files but other files (such as 'Live' photos and .mov files) would not synch.
Previously, unchecking/rechecking the "Enable camera uploads for Photos and videos" feature would work. This action does not remedy this issue.
Exactly the same issue here as well.
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