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Jeff T.'s avatar
Jeff T.
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Camera Uploads with two mobile devices

I’m experiencing some confusion with how Camera Uploads works. I have Camera Uploads enabled on both my iPhone and iPad. The Camera Uploads folders on both devices have “Make available offline” enabl...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    Jeff T. wrote:

    Am I missing something, or is this how Camera Uploads is intended to work?

    That's how it's supposed to work. Dropbox does not sync back to your Camera Roll. It can only upload from it to your Dropbox account. The mobile app does not sync the same way that the desktop app does.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
3 years ago
Jeff T. wrote:

Am I missing something, or is this how Camera Uploads is intended to work?

That's how it's supposed to work. Dropbox does not sync back to your Camera Roll. It can only upload from it to your Dropbox account. The mobile app does not sync the same way that the desktop app does.

  • Jeff T.'s avatar
    Jeff T.
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the reply. It makes sense that it would behave that way.

     

    Postscript: I figured out a relatively straightforward way to get the desired result using Shortcuts.

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