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How do I sync my Mac and iPhone?
Hi!
I am trying to empty my Mac computer and I want to transfer all my files and pictures through Dropbox.
When I look at my Dropbox files in my iPhone they are not synchronized with what my ...
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIHi Cecilia W
Have you made sure you are using the email address and account on both? If you add a photo on your phone does it appear on your computer?
Yes, I am using the sam email. Have changed the photo in the app on my iPhone but it doesn't appear on my Mac.
- Mark
When you say in the app is this the Dropbox app? It doesn't sync things like Photos on the iPhone - it only does a one way sync of what you put in the app. If you then edit a photo on the phone it wont update on Dropbox.
So if you DID edit / delete or add in the app and its not sync'd to the computer its one two things - you have 2 accounts OR Dropbox isn't running on the computer. To see if its running look for the Dropbox icon near the computer and mouse over it to see what it says
- If I log in to dropbox in the webbrowser it looks like in my phone app Dropbox.
If I open the map Dropbox on my computer/harddrive it does not look like in my browser on my mac or in my iphone app.
Is it possible to send you a screen shot of how it looks like?- Mark
Yes of course you can attach them here - but you need to do it via the computer and not phone 🙂
It does very much sound like you don't have Dropbox running on the computer, however.
