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Maxwell F.'s avatar
Maxwell F.
Explorer | Level 4
7 hours ago

Apple Photos has caused Dropbox mobile camera uploads to upload duplicate images

for years I've been using Dropbox's "camera uploads" feature to upload my iPhone's photos. I also have a separate location on dropbox with a TON of photos from other cameras/sources in a random folde...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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6 hours ago

Hi Maxwell F., thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Regarding this situation, how would you like to proceed? 

 

Since the Apple Photos app created these duplicates on the Mac, which then used that system to appear on the iPhone, and finally the Dropbox app then uploaded to your account, what would you like to do?

 

This will help me to assist further!

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