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.
Better Sharing & Better Branding
Dropbox is wonderful -- I've paid for professional for ten years -- but it could be immensely better.. You will make more money if you do these two related things:) (1) The branding feature is way too basic. The options seem like they're from 1995. It would be wonderful if we had more options and more customization. Specifically, if we could create different branding for different customers, it would be amazing. (I use Dropbox to share pictures and videos with my customers. I want to put THEIR branding on these files and galleries, NOT MINE.) (2) The experience of RECEIVING shared files is HORRIBLE, for the people who RECEIVE the links or transfers. Even using the current branding options, Dropbox still puts its OWN branding on the page – this is confusing for the receiver. It's messy and ugly, and it takes up too much screen space. They think they have to create a Dropbox account to receive the files. You are trying to get sales, through me, a paying customer -- that is **bleep**ty. Please take all your branding and sales prompts off these pages, for us paying customers. Also, browsing through pictures on shared links is a slow and not-intuitive process. It would be amazing if you could make it function like[removed per the Dropbox Community Guidelines]. These companies create beautiul galleries, and customers can easily create lists of their favorite pictures. You could actually steal all their business if you did this. I am 100% certain your customers would love these features:)
My Dropbox wasn't syncing - are all my files gone?
My account was closed in mid sept. I had 2TB and not 5GB. I thought my local dropbox on my computer was synced but it appears it was not (only 80gb was). I wonder now if all my files are gone in dropbox? Can I reinstate for just one month? Really unfortunate. I have been trying to find a contact for dropbox support but it seems I need to pay for it.
Is there a way to recover files from a link created by someone who has passed away?
I doubt very much that there is but, is there any way to access a Drop Box account of someone that has recently died without a password? 2 years ago, my sister-in-law took many photo's at my son's wedding and later shared them in a link to a Drop Box account. Unfortunately, no one could access the link and she didn't get around to fixing it before passing away. I still have the link. Or are they gone forever?
Is there a way to compare the files within two sets of folders?
Hello - A vendor sent me a link to their Dropbox folders to download information. Unfortunately, their folder names are the same as the names of the shared folders we use to collaborate. Is there a way to compare the two sets of folders and see what I am missing from what is in their set so I don't have to download everything and scrub out the duplicates the long way? Thank you
Files added from one connected computer do not sync automatically to another
Hi all, I need your advice if you have similar experiences. Thank you in advance. I'm using window system working from home, in my office, and using my two desktops, android phone, and ipad pro. I reinstall dropbox app and reboot my desktops regularly for the issues below these days. I stored my work files in Dropbox on my desk tops and encountered syncing issues. Despite keep them power on both my home and office to ensure synchronization, the problem occasionally happens. Each time, I had to reboot my system to initiate syncing, otherwise sync doesn't work. Another issue is, when I saved files last night at home, only to discover they were missing when I checked at the office the next day. Despite verifying at home, I couldn't find them either. This occurrence repeated multiple times, prompting me to reboot my desktop to address any syncing errors. Sometimes I had to check Dropbox website instead of window explorer app.For this issue I make all files "available offline".I thought, at least they should be available in local dropbox folder in my external hard disk. After approximately two hours later, the missing files finally appeared, causing more frustration. If totally disappeared, I would consider it my fault, but the files showed up two hours later, not even available in the local drive for one day. Considering this ongoing inconvenience, I am thinking of switching from my company's Dropbox to other company if similar issues keep going on.
