You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
The Dropbox desktop application will no longer be supported for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on October 22nd
Congratulations Dropbox! You've just put the nail in the coffin of all W7 users who prefer not to be spied on and constantly used for data scraping! Well done. If the constant scaremonger nagging about running out of space, the constant begging to upgrade, the incessant app updating demands, the constant USB device interrogation upon connection wasn't enough of an incentive to finally ditch Dropbox for good, then the cutting off of users of a still perfectly good and functional, non-spyware infested OS will be the last straw. Thank you Dropbox for giving me the incentive to go to your competitors instead and get out of your ever more bloated crapware ecosystem. Sometimes, people need a little push to get away from what's comfortable and familiar, even though they suspect just how bad that relationship is for them. I thank you Dropbox for giving me this little push. Goodbye.
Why can't I backup up any folder with Dropbox Backup?
We recently upgraded to Dropbox business and I am trying to give guidance to our team members for using dropbox backup to backup key folders from their computers. I cannot seem to figure this out. When I go thru the desktop app / preferences / backup the only folders that are available are shown here. How do I get an option to select any folder on my C drive? Thanks
Just one Dropbox folder (not the main) on an external drive
hi, I would like to understand if it was possible to have the Dropbox folder on the internal hard disk of the computer, and in case of large project, decide to synchronize a folder from an external hard disk. I'll give an example, we have all the files of a video project in Dropbox folder inside the computer, but the renderings, which are very heavy, have them on an external hard drive, which is synchronized as if it were inside the computer in ten top box folder. in our office we want to mount a nas with all the Dropbox content (around 50tb locally), and have other computers on the same network with their own local folder that synchronizes faster since Dropbox uses the network between the computers to make the sincronizzati on faster. however, since the internal hard disks of computers are never so large, having some extra folders on external hard disks (synchronized with Dropbox) could help the workflow, and in any case have the central NAS always synchronized with everything (internal and external hdd folder). do you have any advice on how to manage the Dropbox in this situation ?
MAC OSX - Can someone explain the how the Dropbox folder within Finder works?
I really need help here as my brain has never been good with organisation and I'm easily confused by technology. SO... I need to understand how the dropbox folder within finder on my Mac works. Should i MOVE stuff into it or COPY stuff into it? Is it pointless to copy into it cos i'll end with 2x version of the same file on my laptop? Or is it like a virtual folder that doesn't actually live on my laptop? Initially I dragged folders into it and watched with horror as my hard-drive space started disappearing before my eyes. So yeah, i'm confused. So there is the APP the WEBSITE and the folder on my FINDER on the mac. And I'm struggling to understand which to use and why (and how) (I never used to be this way... I'll put it down to ageing, 👴but dropbox should make something easier to use; having been on this forum I can see there are many others like me!!) thanks for any friendly advice! 🙂
Moving Dropbox app to external hard drive when I am not the administrator of the account.
I am not the administrator of my office's Dropbox account, and I also use the Dropbox desktop app. My C drive is now full and no longer syncing. I purchased an external hard drive and need to move my desktop app to the external drive. Can you tell me if there's any way to do that when I am not the administrator? The admin of our Dropbox account is not available, so I can't ask them. It took me about 4 minutes to type this because my C drive is so full, I can only type about one character at a time.Download files from dropbox to laptop as Cloud ONLY
We have dropbox professional- use it on two desktops- Our laptop got maxed out-1.7TB in the dropbox on our laptop- So we disconnected from dropbox on the laptop and deleted the 1.6TB of data-- Obviously it is still in the cloud--Now our laptop has lots of space- we plan on downloading the dropbox app to the laptop- and are hoping we can then download the Folders in out dropbox account to the laptop as CLOUD ONLY-- will we get a promt for that when we see to download the files-- Naturally we do not want to download the full files and then make them Cloud only-- it would take forever to download the files that are that large---SO will there be a way to download the folders from our Dropbox account to the laptop as CLOUD ONLY-- we have spend many many hours fussing with this so any help will be much appreciated,, RobertRemoving messy folder hierarchy from within the Dropbox folder.
Is there a way to change settings or similar that when I click on "Name Dropbox" that it takes me directly to the subfolders on the right? As you can see above, I have to click on "Name Dropbox" > Name > Team Folder creating multiple clicks. I know I can save a favorite directly to the folder, but I don't understand why its structure like this. Also, how can I hide the dropbox cache folder? Thank you.
