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Maxwell F.
Explorer | Level 4
3 months 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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Maxwell F.'s avatar
Maxwell F.
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

I selected the folder on dropbox to sync the "photos" folder locally, which is the only way I can get Apple Photos or any other desktop photo catalog app to see photos on Dropbox.  Once sync'd I pointed Apple Photos to the local sync'd folder, which used iCloud to sync all those photos back to my iPhone, hence back to Dropbox's camera uploads' folder.  

I was really on the hunt for a desktop photo catalog app that wouldn't have to sync the folder to the desktop to do a thumbnail catalog.

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    Walter
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    3 months ago

    Thanks for the additional information and your feedback on this Maxwell F. 

    Let us know if you have anything else to add or ask.

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