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Is there a fix if my Dropbox file download keeps failing?
Every time I try to download a file I get a failed status in Chrome or Safari. When I download in Firefox it fails, however Firefox allows me to "restart" the download and it begins again where it left off... so I can complete the download by repeating this as many times as necessary per file. Very annoying. For a larger file (say 4 GB) I had to do this "restart" in Firefox 4-5 times before the file reached the end of the download and completed successfully. I see this is an on-going issue for Dropbox for several years - is there an indication as to waht is causing this? Going to have to ditch the service altogether if there is no real fix. BenSolved180KViews6likes17Comments
How can I download music from my Dropbox account to an iPhone?
Hi I'm new to all this so apologies! A friend has shared some music files with me via dropbox. I have a dropbox account and have installed the app on my iphone. How do I download the music files on to my phone so I can play them?Solved163KViews0likes5Comments
How do I stop Dropbox downloading all my files to every connected device?
How do I stop Dropbox from downloading all my files to every device? I have a pid account. I only want certain files downloaded on certain devices. Now every time upload video files to my iPad (which has plenty of storage left), and then go back to my Macbook Air, I automatically get all those files on it and then my hard drive is full!Solved29KViews0likes1Comment
Is there a way to choose whether .zip files are previewing on the Dropbox website?
I'm a long time Dropbox user and today I went to check if some older links were still active that I had sent to a cleint. Most of the files are send out are zipped for various reasons. It seems that Dropbox will now unzip zipped files in the web browser so the end user can see what's in the zipped file. Is this true? Is there a way to turn it off? One specfic workflow I use reqiires the zip file to remain zipped and could cause issues if the user has access to an unzipped version, especially on Dropbox.Solved18KViews0likes72CommentsAdvanced search based on key phrases
I seriously need advanced searching. Dropbox used to have these features (like search exact phrase) in 2015, but somehow removed them. So how can I do advanced searching in dropbox? Like: List files with age between x and y Contain the phrase "a b c" are of type *.pdf ...Solved15KViews10likes52CommentsSearching Not Working on iPadOS Files app
Hi, According to this link: https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/mobile/ios-files-app I should be able to search for stuff in the current dropbox folder when accessing it from the iPadOS built-in Files app. But unfortunately this is not working for me. No matter what I search for, the result is always empty, even if there's only one file in the folder. I'm using the latest iPadOS and Dropbox app for ipad. Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks!12KViews2likes78Comments
Dropbox not searchable in MacOS Ventura 13.1
Since the recent Dropbox update, I can no longer search for files in Dropbox on my Mac. I have been using Dropbox for over 10 years and have never had this problem before. It's making life extremely difficult and making me think about moving entirely to Google Drive, although I don't really like Google that much. But at least it's free, whereas I am now paying Dropbox for a less functional service than I had previously. Does anyone know how to get this function back?Solved12KViews10likes56Comments
