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How to move photos and files out of dropbox and on to my PC
I recently set up my Ipad and Iphone to upload photos to my dropbox account. This has resulted in my dropbox account being full. I do not need all of these photos backed up in dropbox nor do I need to access them from my dropbox account. I would like to move them to a folder on my Pc (running Vista). That way they will be available in the future should I need them, but will not be taking up space in my dropbox account. But I can't figure out how to do this. In the help knowledge base it tells my how to remove them from dropbox, but then says this does not remove them from my account. So bottom line. How does one reduce the number of photos (files) to allow future uploads to Dropbox? The photos are also in the carousel?
Hi guys,
I just got notified that the "good will" extra data will be going on my account soon. So I have found out how to MOVE your files from DBox to your pc. Obvoiusly this will depend on how much Hard drive space you have and how much space you are using in Dbox.
1) open exporer then find your dropbox folder.
2) open a second explorer by right clicking the explorer icon and opening another window.
3) in the 2nd window find the folder on your pc that you want to move your stuff to.
4) Select everything in your dropbox folder by single clicking the fist file/folder the going to the last file/folder and with the SHIFT key pressed click the last file/folder.
5) RIGHT click on any of the selected files and drag then to the folder you want to move them to.
6) when the menu appears select MOVE.
Depending on how many file/folders and their sizes it could take a bit of time, but the end result is your folders/files are now on your pc. You can even watch this happening by logging into your Dropbox on the web and see them disappearing.
Hope this helps. It took me a while to finally find this through experimenting. lol
:)
I repeat my earlier post. I could not copy files out of Dropbox accessed through a web browser. But I COULD drag files from Dropbox that lives on my computer into a folder on my hard drive. Try it.
I foolishly enabled automatic camera uploads and several hundred photos were synced to my camera uploads folder from my iPad, and now my Dropbox is full. My impression is that there is no way of freeing up space by deleting these photos without simultaneously deleting them from my iPad, which I do not want to do. I have searched online but nobody will confirm or deny this, and now I feel I have put all my photos at risk. Dropbox obviously would prefer me to pay for additional space rather than freeing up space in my existing account, but I do not want extra space. Can some kind person please set my mind at rest. If I delete the contents of my Camera Uploads folder, will that automatically delete them from the device they came from, and if so, is there any way of preventing this from happening? I am quite happy to abandon Dropbox completely, but leaving the photos up there seems too risky - not because Condoleeza Rice might look at them (thank you rp b) but because Dropbox might reach out in some way and delete them from my devices. (Yes, I know, I'm paranoid - but why shouldn't this happen?)
Hi John B.
Go to your Dropbox folder on your computer. Make sure all of the pics/docs that you want to keep are still there. Then, Go to the folder where you usually put all of your photos on your hard drive (PC or Mac) and make a sub folder called whatever you want like: my dropbox keepers, or whatever. Mine is just "Pictures>DB" on my mac. If you are running windows, then probably MyPhotos>Dropbox keepers. Just name it anything you like.
1. go back to Dropbox folder, select all>copy
2. go to the new folder you just created on your harddrive, highlight the folder name>paste.
Now you can delete everything from Dropbox cloud. I highly recommend that you do a few test samples of photos you don't care about.
Good luck!
Sherry
Same problem as Aracely B: On a new Windows 10 computer, trying to download photo and video files, I keep getting the download dialog box that "unspecified" is finished downloading, all 1KB of it. Nothing there. Copy also suggests an alternate folder in the ether, no chance to copy to PC.
Help?
I CON'T CARE IF THEY BRING BACK GANDHI TO THE BOARD! DROPBOX SUX ON WINDOWS TEN BECAUSE FILES ARE HELD HOSTAGE THERE! Pathetic that Condaleza Rice can't tell them to keep up with the Operating System times!!!\\BOOOOOOOO!!!
HIIIIISSSSSSSSS!!!
EL STINKO! Back tio thumb drives and the sneakernet!!!
Please help...
The usual instructions to move a file out of DB and back to my Desktop don't apply because when I place the cursor in the empty space to the right of the folder in question, "Download" doesn't appear. That's right! "Download" does NOT appear. What appears is:
Open... Remove... Rename... Move... Copy...
and none of them allow me to Download anything. "Open" opens the file, "Remove" does what it suggests, "Rename" ditto, "Move" and "Copy" only let me Move and Copy to another file within DB, so what's the point?
But NOT, I repeat NOT "Download".
Any further suggestions?
Thanks!
Hi friends,
I'm using Windows 10. Here's what to do.
1. Create a new folder on your desktop
2. Open that empty folder
3. Open Dropbox file and highlight all your photos/files
4. Click and drag photos from Dropbox to the OPEN FOLDER. Not directly to your desktop. Not to the new folder icon on your desktop. Onto the white, empty space of your shiny new, open folder.
4. Watch the magic happen.This should work. It worked for me.
I've just found a much easier way - at least on a Mac. Do not sign into dropbox. Go into your list of folders, find the dropbox folder - drag the files you want to put elsewhere onto the desktop and from there you can put them into any other places. Easy!
Dropbox works by syncing your computer and your phone. This means that Dropbox creates a folder in your computer's hard drive to which it downloads all the pics from other devices. When you go into Dropbox and copy or download the pics you want to save on your computer you are being redundant because they are already there. If you want them in a different file simply locate the Dropbox file on your hard drive then move the files into the new folder or sub folder you have created wherever you want it, I.e in Document, Pictures, etc. Dropbox did not create a simple way to get the pics off the Dropbox software (by copying or downloading or any other method) because it is completely not necessary because the pics are already in a file on your computer's hard drive. Hope this resolves the confusion.
I have a similar problem, plus my photos upload from my iPhone 4 to my laptop as Tiff files, and I want to upload them into a pictures file I have on my laptop and as jpeg files, not Tiffs. Also, whenever I want to use a picture in an ad to buy or sell items, or send as an attachment in an email , dropbox is always the "go to " place that comes up to select pictures from, and then they won't be accepted by the ad sites as Tiff files, they have to be jpeg. Does anyone know how to re-set Dropbox to accept pictures as jpegs, and have my pictures file come up to select pictures from, instead of Dropbox? A lot to ask I realize, and I'm quite a luddite, and not so familiar with Windows 10. Thanks for any help you can offer.
