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ianmckinley's avatar
ianmckinley
New member | Level 2
5 months ago

File will not upload on iMac

I have just upgraded to dropbox professional, specifically to transfer a large ppt file (about 400 MB). The file seems to upload (I can view it when I click on it in the dropbox folder), but I get error messages when I attempt to transfer it - saying that it failed to upload. I have already tried restarting my computer, but still no joy.

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  • ianmckinley's avatar
    ianmckinley
    5 months ago

    I did this, but the website uploaded 46 MB quickly, ran for half an hour to get to a total of 69 MB and has stuck there since. The desktop app, however, worked this time. So I will stick to using this in future.

    Thanks for your help,

    Ian

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    5 months ago

    Hi there ianmckinley - sorry to hear about this.

     

    Could you send us a screenshot of the exact error you're getting so that we can have a look too?

     

    Thanks so much!

      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        5 months ago

        Are you using the website or the desktop app to initiate the transfer ianmckinley?

         

        Can you rename the file and try again perhaps? 

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