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Cathy22
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27 days ago

My photos are not importing to Dropbox in order. There is no way to sort them by date created.

I am not storing photos on my computer so I'm only using your website to upload photos from my phone. I imported over 6000 photos last night and they are completely random, no order whatsoever! I wan...
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Nancy
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26 days ago

Hey Cathy22 and CharlesDub44! 

To clarify, you’re both uploading your photos to the Dropbox website manually by clicking on the “Upload or drop” button, correct?

You’re not using camera uploads by any chance, right?

Let me know.

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Cathy S
New member | Level 1
22 days ago

Hi Nancy!

This is Cathy22. I’ve been traveling to India since Monday. Sorry for the late reply. I’m also not able to sign in on my account so evidently I have a new account? Anyhow, no I’m not using camera uploads and I have a huge mess on my hands once I get back from this trip. Maybe you will have a sorting feature that can help me by then! :)

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