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porchbaby
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

SELECTING MULTIPLE STARRED FILES

Hi, Can anyone help with a shortcut to selecting multiple starred files?

I have over 300 starred photo files I'm trying to download.

 

There's got to be a better way than clicking all those files; plus the star feature is touchy--if you click on the wrong area it will deselect everything and then I have to start over.

 

Thank you for your expertise and help!!

  • Hi porchbaby, and welcome aboard the Community!

     

    What you can do is go to your Photos page on www.dropbox.com and then, click on the Starred column there; all of your starred photos should appear.

     

    If you have many images for each year, you can also select the “Year” option from the menu, and click on the small checkboxes above each year’s photos. That should select all of them and you can then, download them in bulk.

     

    I hope that makes sense, but I’m here if you need to ask me something.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    Hi porchbaby, and welcome aboard the Community!

     

    What you can do is go to your Photos page on www.dropbox.com and then, click on the Starred column there; all of your starred photos should appear.

     

    If you have many images for each year, you can also select the “Year” option from the menu, and click on the small checkboxes above each year’s photos. That should select all of them and you can then, download them in bulk.

     

    I hope that makes sense, but I’m here if you need to ask me something.

    • Maxime Coevoet's avatar
      Maxime Coevoet
      Helpful | Level 5

      Hi Nancy,

       

      coming back with this solution a few months later because that works  bit only for me ... I do not see all the starred files ... as there was a missing identification / refresh.

       

      Do you know any way to "re-index" all the starred files?

       

      Many thanks for your attention,

       

      Maxime

       

      • Maxime Coevoet's avatar
        Maxime Coevoet
        Helpful | Level 5

        Hi everyone,

         

        I have all my photos on Dropbox, folders sorted per year, then months.

        The best have been "starred".

        I'd like to download all the best photos from a specific year, or month. However, it seems that from the "Photos" menu I do not get all the starred ones, but just a part of them.

        It appears from all the browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) under Windows.

        From the mobile app, all the starred files are correctly displayed ...

         

        Since the last new features/Dropbox layout, we have 2 new buttons on each folders: recent/starred. That would have helped me, however, it seems old starred files are not identified ...

         

        Do you get the same behavior?

        Were you able to solve it?

         

        Many thanks in advance,

         

        Maxime 

    • porchbaby's avatar
      porchbaby
      New member | Level 2

      Yes!!! That worked!! Thank you so much for your quick reply and for saving me so much time and effort! I knew there was an easier way! Blessings to you!!

    • sydpsd's avatar
      sydpsd
      New member | Level 2

      I have starred thousands of photos and the only file identified in the Photos folder is a video. My starred files are mostly RAWs, so I can understand that the program doesn't identify it as a photo, just want to check if that's correct? 

       

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        Hey sydpsd - if the files aren't showing in general in your Photos page, starring them won't make them appear there. 

         

        You'll be able to see them in your homepage under the Starred option. 

         

        I hope this helps! 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey dessita - thanks for joining the discussion here.

     

    Mass un-starring files isn't an option at this time as you noticed, but thank you for the feedback.

     

    I've noted it down in our system and you can let us know if you have anything else to add. 

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