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Philip T.2's avatar
Philip T.2
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Upload entire folders to Dropbox

I'm trying to upload a folder and all of its subfolders to Dropbox (actually I have a bunch to move, but I'm just trying to do one for now). The folder has multiple subfolders and each subfolder of c...
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  • ahmed924944's avatar
    ahmed924944
    9 years ago

    It seems that this is not the fault of Dropbox.  The fault seems to be with Firefox and other browsers (with the exception of Chrome).  Also, same thing happens in Google Drive, can only drag and drop / upload folders there successfully with Chrome.  According to the following website, http://superuser.com/questions/909112/does-firefox-support-folder-upload , Firefox is aware of this bug, and has been testing fixes with nightly beta trials.  Hope this helps...

Alexis G.1's avatar
Alexis G.1
Icon for Super User rankSuper User
9 years ago

David.

One workaround:

  1. Get a PC with enough space and install Dropbox.
  2. Use your credentials
  3. Enable selective sync and only sync one folder with just few files
  4. Add the 250GB folder on this PC, into the Dropbox folder
  5. Enable this folder to sync with Selective Sync
  6. 250GB will be uploaded to Dropbox. wait until upload is finished.
  7. On your laptop, enable selective sync and be sure this 250GB folder is not checked

At the end, you can uninstall Dropbox from the PC

Results: you will have your 250GB folder in Dropbox, but your laptop will keep the free space.

Let me know if is clear for you.

note: Dropbox is not a backup APP. I encourage you to backup your data into dvd, bluray, hdd or any other media on regular basis

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