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Stop Dropbox desktop app automatically importing photos from memory card
Hi, I am new to the Dropbox way of life and have a question. When I plug in the memory card from my camera, the Dropbox page comes up to download my photos. I would like to disable this feature and return to the way things were set up before downloading Dropbox. Before then, my tool was the Microsoft editor. Thanks for any help you can offer...Mike in NH
Hi Fredfordguy, you should be able to do that from Dropbox preferences. Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray or menubar. Then click the gear icon, and select preferences. Go to Import tab, and unceck Enable Photo Uplods for...
Hi
You can disable Camera Uploads by following https://www.dropbox.com/help/photos-videos/camera-uploads-overview
Hi Fredfordguy, you should be able to do that from Dropbox preferences. Click the Dropbox icon in your system tray or menubar. Then click the gear icon, and select preferences. Go to Import tab, and unceck Enable Photo Uplods for...
That check box is not showing on my preferences/import page as others hav reported. I have two options Photos Only and Photos and Videos. Using v57.4.89
I have another program I use for downloading my images to my PC.
I have all options in Autoplay but downloading photos set to do nothing but photos and it is set to my program I want to use.
I get the pop up box every time I put in a blank USB drive, and it adds a file to it .dropbox.device. I do not want that to happen at all.
It seems my only option is to remove Dropbox from my system until you guys figure this out.
- Mark
Super User II
Hi
You can disable Camera Uploads by following https://www.dropbox.com/help/photos-videos/camera-uploads-overview
That check box is not showing on my preferences/import page as others hav reported. I have two options Photos Only and Photos and Videos. Using v57.4.89
I have another program I use for downloading my images to my PC.
I have all options in Autoplay but downloading photos set to do nothing but photos and it is set to my program I want to use.
I get the pop up box every time I put in a blank USB drive, and it adds a file to it .dropbox.device. I do not want that to happen at all.
It seems my only option is to remove Dropbox from my system until you guys figure this out.
- That is exactly the situation I have as well. My work around was to disable (as in does not startup automatically) Dropbox when starting my computer.
I restart it when I have made changes to the files so it syncs. I then shut it off.
Renning windows 10.
Also will be looking for an alt to Dropbox since they have severely hobbled the ability to sync to only 3 devices.
