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zoeij
Explorer | Level 3
7 months ago

Old Laptop with Old Dropbox-- how do I transfer files?

Hello Hive Mind! I recently fired up my old laptop (OSX 10.9.5, late 2009) and I cannot transfer files off of it. I have tried gmail, messages, airdrop, apple mail application, old flash drive... the...
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zoeij
Explorer | Level 3
4 months ago

Finally circling back to this and fired up the old laptop again. 

 

I don't have Chrome on it, but I do have Firefox. Is there a Dropbox advantage to Chrome?

 

On Firefox, I can go to the Dropbox website, but then when I navigate to "Log In", I get a blank screen. I just refreshed Firefox, and still no dice. 

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Mark
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4 months ago

Have you made sure they are using recent updates of Chrome and/or FireFox? 

 

If they are old it may not work correctly due to security risks. 

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