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"Updating 42 files" on Dropbox icon for over a year and two Dropbox folders in Library
Application Affected Dropbox Mac: Device MiniMacM4, 2024 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) MacOS 26.3.4 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 244.4.6580 Question or Issue I’ve had the same “Updating 42 files” on my monitor tab icon for over a year. after syncing new addition, it reverts to this notice. There is nowhere I can find what or where these 42 files are to be found. With the disaster of the mixed main filer location since it was moved into the Library, where I now have two folders residing, Things are getting more complicated and less reliable, a situation that seems to go hand in hand everywhere I encounter ‘more complicated.’ In Preferences>Sync>Dropbox folder updates “You are using Dropbox on File Provider. To opt out ... 1st question: how to get rid of “Updating 42 files 2nd question; how to have a single Library folder? Do I have to compare the two folders, file at a time? Cuz that would be a real PIA and I could lose data as several people in this forum have already experienced. files copied with zero info. 3rd question. Does anybody try these new systems out in real world situations? Jay [removed per the Community Guidelines], Kenwood CA51Views0likes1Comment
Photo date incorrect by 200 years
Has there been a fix for this issue? I am having the same issue myself. In dropbox it says date taken 200 years in the future, but inspecting the image in windows doesn't have a date taken at all in the metadata. This both shows in the Andriod app and the Website Device Andriod and Web Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 464.2.2 Syncing Status up to date Question or Issue141Views0likes7Comments
Is there a way to bulk identify and delete duplicates?
Device: MacBook Pro, Tahoe 26.3 Operating System/Browser: Safari Question or Issue I was trying the "find duplicates" function available on the web interface because it's not available through the desktop app (on Mac at least). The web interface is almost completely unusable. As someone who has nearly 2 decades of files backed up, I have probably close to 100,000 duplicate files and I'd like to do a bulk find and delete. The web interface requires that I select every single file separately AND that I approve any deletion through a separate click - I can't even bulk-select files and approve a deletion. Is there a function that allows bulk deletion? Or do I have to buy a third-party tool for this? I have a pro account if that matters.Solved105Views0likes3Comments
It's not ideal not being able to search for content using an exact phrase in Dropbox.
Dropbox used to offer the ability to search for an exact phrase. It no longer offers this. It removed it and replaced it with useless garbage. This is completely ridiculous. Everyone should complain and move to another cloud storage service. Their responses have been equally useless. Dropbox should be embarrassed for being 20 years behind the times. FIX YOUR PRODUCT!191Views2likes7CommentsI replaced some subfolders in a folder, but the subfolders are now empty.
Hi all, I uploaded some folders into Dropbox and wanted to share them. The folder to share, consisting of subfolders, appeared too big for some one with a free account. So I replaced the subfolders and share them. Unfortunately the subfolders appeared to be empty after replacement. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance and with KR, Leo.Solved216Views0likes13Comments
We're switching Dropbox accounts. How can we transfer all files to the new account?
Our office will be switching Dropbox accounts. So far, we have been part of another party’s Dropbox account, and that account will be closed. We are planning to subscribe to a Dropbox Team account for our own office. How can we permanently transfer the files to the new account that we will create? And when the old Dropbox account is deleted, will the files still remain in our office’s Dropbox account?228Views0likes7Comments
Is there an easy fix for accidentally dragging folders to different locations?
Device HP Z2 Tower G4 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 10 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 241.4.4795 I have an ongoing issue with folders in our Dropbox Plus account. We use dropbox for our small company and we have a top level dropbox folder for each of our projects. All folders are owned by my boss (not me). Once in a while I will accidentally drag a top level folder into another folder. Dropbox for some reason allows this drag. But when I go to undo it, then Dropbox tells me that I don't own the folder and I can't move it back! The folder is then stuck in another folder! The only solution I have found to fix this so far is to move the folder back on the website. However this breaks the sharing for the folder so that my boss and any collaborators no longer have access to the folder! I then have to re-share the folder every time I accidentally drag them! This seems very silly, if I don't own the folder and can't move it back, why does Dropbox let me move it in the first place! Is there some better way to fix this?165Views0likes2Comments
