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VinceM50
4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Dropbox unstable in iPad OS Files App.
The problem I have is that Dropbox seems to crash when running on an iPAD via the apple files app. If I open an application that uses the files app, such as Pages or Final Draft, when saving to the D...
- 10 months ago
We recently upgraded the syncing experience between the Files and Dropbox and it should be more reliable now. Ensure that your Dropbox app is upgraded to receive the full benefits of this experience!
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey VinceM50, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you please try disabling Dropbox as a location from your Files app and re-enabling it again after rebooting your device?
If this doesn't help improve matters, you can also try uninstalling the mobile app from your iPad and installing it anew.
Let me know how it goes.
Could you please try disabling Dropbox as a location from your Files app and re-enabling it again after rebooting your device?
If this doesn't help improve matters, you can also try uninstalling the mobile app from your iPad and installing it anew.
Let me know how it goes.
Atair
3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Its been over a year and nothing changed? How much more 'looking into it' can be done?
I am getting a bit tired of ending up in this forums just to discover that i am not alone and absolutely nothing is done about the problems this service has.
- Dragon Personal Management3 years agoHelpful | Level 7Once dropbox has stopped functioning, the only way to resolve this problem is to reboot the iPad it’s obviously restarts the dropbox Demon similar to going into Windows and stopping and starting services unfortunately cannot stop and start services on an iPad or phone so the only resolution once dropbox has locked up is to restart the device
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