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sophiieallan
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Can no longer open powerpoint files
I tried to back up all my files last night and they seem to have vanished from my laptop and are now only on my dropbox. When I tried to download them back to my mac, all of my powerpoints now have a...
sophiieallan
Explorer | Level 4
Hi Walter,
No I cannot view them on the website version either. I believe I had automatic syncing switched on? The desktop app is saying up to date yet my files will still not open.
Thanks
Daphne
4 years agoDropbox Staff
In your Dropbox folder on your computer sophiieallan, do you see the "My PC/My Mac" folder there to try and open the files within locally?
If you don't see this folder (or any of the contents), please make sure that you have the option to show hidden files enabled on your computer.
You can do a quick web search on how to do this depending on your OS version if you're not sure how.
If you don't see this folder (or any of the contents), please make sure that you have the option to show hidden files enabled on your computer.
You can do a quick web search on how to do this depending on your OS version if you're not sure how.
- sophiieallan4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi Daphne,
Thank you! That shows the folders however they still wont open. I have tried to copy and paste these items into my main documents folder but this doesnt work either. Any ideas on how to open them?
- sophiieallan4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
When I try to preview the documents on dropbox it says '.icloud files can’t be previewed.' despite the file not being a .icloud.
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