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Searching keyword terms on the website and getting no results
I am hoping to migrate to Dropbox from Canto, but one of the few important features I need is the ability to search by tags. I don't see any simple way of creating tags en masse with an import, but the files exported all have tags showing in the file keywords. I figured I could then just search for a keyword, so I went with "stand against" - a term I have on a few hundred files. The screenshot below is a file with that shown in the keywords. Here is me searching that term: There are no filters at all, just one term. I tried quotes around the term(s), and used several other keywords as well. I haven't been able to get any result searching for keywords listed in my file details. Are keywords not a searchable field? The Dropbox helpdoc titled "How to search your Dropbox files" at /view-edit/search says it is, but I'm not seeing that in reality. Is there something I'm doing wrong here? Is there perhaps another way to better tag photos on an import (from Canto)? I'm doing this on dropbox.com / via chrome and firefox on windows.
When opening a shared link using Gmail, it alters the URL.
As I prepare to send a press release to my media contacts with my Dropbox folder link (that has view-only permissions) included, I've found that the link works only a few times after I click it in my test emails. But afterwards, the URL starts to unfurl the ampersands (&) as "amp;" and it breaks the link, giving 400 errors on all my devices. i.e. The original, working URL structure: [...] rlkey=rjcrcap8ebtitcazxmlhi4zw0&st=yl5h2f17&dl=0 The 400 error version of the link: [...] rlkey=rjcrcap8ebtitcazxmlhi4zw0&st=yl5h2f17&dl=0 When I delete the "amp;"s manually, the URL works again as it should. Any idea why this is happening? I cannot share my Dropbox link until this is fixed. For my tests, I am using the latest iOS both on a recent Macbook and an iPhone 14. Browser is Google Chrome or Safari (both seem to have the issue). Mail system I'm using is Gmail.
Quick look isn't working on files, it shows an icon only on Mac OS Sonoma
I got a new M3 MBP and have been transferring everything over. On my old MBP 2015 I could use quick look to see what the files were both offline and online. On my new MBP when I do quick look it only gives me an icon. It doesn't show what is in the file or the photo. I really need to be able to see what is in these files. Why isn't allowing me to see what is in them? Does anyone know how to resolve this!!! Thank you!Page isn't loading when opening a file in "Excel for the web" on Safari
Hi - I'm hoping someone can help me. We've been using dropbox for a while and it's been going swimmingly, but in the recent few months there has been a change. When I open an excel document it used to open in 'Excel for the web' and was easily editable, but recently it's stopped loading properly. I'm trying to open it using Safari browser (my friend who is using Microsoft software isn't having the same issue), and now instead of the file loading it looks like this, but never loads: Can anyone help? I've restarted my computer and installed any updates. Many thanks.
The first line when viewing comments gets blocked by tools.
When someone leaves comments and I select it to read the whole thing, a box with the emoji, resolve and other options appears, blocking the last few words in the first line of the comment. Is there a way to turn off that function? It's super annoying to have to deselect the comment to read the first line, then select again to see the rest.
