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Official Dropbox apps do not delete files from other locations. So, deleting a photo on Dropbox.com would not then delete it from your camera roll, or viceversa. They never have I'm afraid.  So, if that USED to happen you were not using a Dropbox official app and you'll need to try and work out what it was you were using. ... View more

Copied has done exactly the same thing - its copied them to another part of your hard drive..... Dropbox is a folder on your computer like any other. So you now have the files in two locations. Once in the original one and now in Dropbox.  If you want them backed up to Dropbox they have to sync to the Dropbox cloud. You dont have them on Dropbox yet, you simply have them in a folder on your computer called Dropbox.  You may want to have a look at www.dropbox.com/help to see how Dropbox works as you see to be a bit confused In terms of them being backed up AFTER they have uploaded you can then use something like Selective Sync to take them off the Dropbox folder. BUT WAIT until they are all uploaded first or you WILL lose some. In terms of the tornado watch - stay safe! ... View more

Does www.dropbox.com/events show anything? ... View more

You cannot access files from unlinked devices via Dropbox but they should still be available on the device unless when unlinked the delete command was used. Go to the other device and check and have a look. Also, maybe just check on the new computer that you've actually signed in to the right account and not accidentally made a new one. www.dropbox.com/events may give you some clues on that ... View more

Hi @James J.26  As its a third party application which is creating the links the best thing to do is ask Password Agent if they have a way of disabling that feature at all ... View more

I dont belive you can - the limit is in place to stop people spamming others. The limit was massivley high (in the thousands if I remember correctly). Referrals are only supposed to be sent to people we know and not just randoms.  The only work around is to use your referral link and send that via your own email, just be cautious as if somebody reports you for spam you could lose all space or even your account ... View more

Dropbox technically dont, and never have, supported external drives - in fact until recently they wouldnt allow you to move your folders to an external drive for exactly this reason.  Personally (note I dont work for them) I cannot see this changing. In fact I could imagine them clamping down on it more and looking at ways of stopping people doing it same as they've done with the symlinks thing.  ... View more

1) the three hours was not Dropbox. That was your computer itself. It took three hours to move them from folder A to Dropbox. That was it - not syncing them just moving their physical location on your drive.  2) The 17 hours to 2 days thing is how long its now going to take to upload those files to Dropbox. 3) yes, Dropbox will stop syncing while shut down/not connected etc. (it uploads in 4mb chunks) and will restart once back online 4) I assume its already uploaded about 300 of them - which it'll have been doing in the background as the computer was moving their location to Dropbox. 5) they are there in the local Dropbox folder, but, thats all it is, a folder on your device like any other one. If you want them in the cloud and to sync to other devices then you need to let them sync. ... View more