Questions tagged [dropbox]
Cross-platform file syncing program for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and various mobile devices.
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How can I download the .mp3 file from Dropbox?
Firefox. XP3.
My friend loaded some personally recorded mp3 files for me to download from Dropbox. However, when I follow the link I only get a Quicktime media player in a browser window. How can I ...
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Prevent Dropbox, Google Drive, Skydrive, files resyncing when reinstall operating system
I currently use Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Skydrive. They reside in these folders:
C:\users\fortune\dropbox
C:\users\fortune\SkyDrive
C:\users\fortune\Google Drive
First, I need to move them ...
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Map network drive to cloud storage?
My company currently shares local documents using a network drive. Every Friday, I have to send a specific set of these local files to another branch of the company in a different city.
Is there a ...
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Sync Dropbox to External hard drive, unlinking, etc
My laptop is jam packed full in terms of storage (it is quite old and has limited storage anyway) and I have just got some external hard drives to free up some space.
Approx. 30GB of this is ...
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Microsoft Word 2007 removing spaces between words
I'm working with another person and sharing Microsoft Word documents with them via dropbox and I'm using Word for Mac 2011 and they are using Word 2007 on windows. When they open one of the shared ...
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How to get a list of files and sizes that count in my acount in Dropbox?
I'm using Dropbox in group. We have a lot of folders.
I want to see which files are occupying my space and how much space are occupying.
Now, I can enter folder by folder and click file by file to ...
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Removing ._ Files from Non-Mac OS File System In Dropbox
Having a Macbook with limited space, I purchased a portable SSD drive to keep my bigger files on, and my Dropbox folder. This works for the most part, however I noticed that when I migrated to the ...
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I'm using Windows, and I want to use Dropbox to back up a folder outside my Dropbox directory
On Mac OS X, I create a symbolic link to the folder I'm trying to back up, and put it in the Dropbox folder (e.g. /Users/zachary/Dropbox/DocumentsBackup ---> /Users/zachary/Documents) and that solves ...
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Shared partition between OSX and Windows 10 (using Bootcamp) Disappeared?
Longtime windows user giving OSX a go. My idea was to install Windows via BootCamp and have a shared partition that holds my Dropbox folder (to avoid having dropbox take twice the room on my SSD), ...
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How do I prevent Windows from resetting my default Documents folder to OneDrive?
I don't use OneDrive that often. I have changed the default Documents folder save location to Dropbox multiple times, by going to Desktop\Libraries right click Documents, Properties Dropbox, set save ...
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Revert whole Dropbox folder to previous state (Packrat)
I'm using Dropbox's Packrat feature that stores all previous versions of a file, and allows me to restore a deleted file.
Is there a way to restore a complete folder to a previous state, for example ...
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Second wifi router for internal LAN file transfer - freeing up main internet wifi signal
We use Dropbox to share large files (100mb) which need to be kept in sync on multiple machines, this is fine, but slows down the network with it constantly uploading and downloading these files.
Is ...
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What files can be removed when using dropbox on an external hard drive?
I read on https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/89 :
If the external drive is disconnected from the computer while Dropbox is running, there's a small chance that the application will start deleting ...
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Dropbox Installation in single folder Windows XP & Windows 7
I have dual boot OS, Windows XP and Windows 7. I have already installed Dropbox in Windows XP. I have installed the Dropbox client in Windows 7 but when I tried moving the folder location to it, in XP ...
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Connect remotely to Dropbox service from a server
I wonder how to authenticate a remote linux server with dropbox daemon installed without X server.
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