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Inconsistencies regarding my available space and feedback about Dropbox
Sharing my experience with Dropbox: As a user on the free plan, I've encountered some ongoing issues that have made it difficult for me to consider upgrading. Every time I open my computer, Dropbox pops up and asks me to join again, which can be frustrating. Moreover, there has been a discrepancy between the storage space indicated on my computer (102 GB) and what is actually available for upload on my phone (23 GB). This inconsistency has left me feeling like they are playing games with their users. I believe many of you can relate to similar experiences with various apps that seem more focused on profit rather than genuinely caring about their users. For me, it's crucial to have a reliable service that I can count on, especially when it comes to storing important files. Unfortunately, until I can trust that Dropbox will stop misleading me and provide a consistent service, I am not inclined to pay their monthly fee. Additionally, I currently have an urgent need to back up my entire computer, but I've encountered a roadblock. The upload button that should allow for immediate file transfers is grayed out, preventing me from taking the necessary steps to safeguard my data. This lack of functionality further reinforces my decision to refrain from considering their monthly fee. Thank you for taking the time to hear my frustrations. If you've had similar experiences or have recommendations for alternative cloud storage solutions, I would appreciate hearing from you! PS I know this may seems petty, but trust me, I have a very good reason I need to have this space available to me tonight, like right now. I I am not going to get into the reason why, that is irrelevant. What is relevant is that if a company claims to have your back, but then, in reality, they do not,, then that’s something I feel the public needs to know about. I don’t just casually, flippantly, get on app support pages and make complaints like this because I’m bored, and I have nothing else to do. This is a major inconvenience to me, and I will just say this, dropbox has completely failed me tonight.
Our Dropbox team has gone over-quota and I can't permanently delete my files.
My Client (Call it Client Gamma) has a Dropbox Standard Account of 5 TB. Only we 2 are the members of this account. Client Gamma is the admin. When I log In to Dropbox I get 2 Folders. My Personal Folder (Call it FOLDER ALPHA) and the Folder that my client uploads files to (Call it FOLDER Gamma). Now I have other clients(Call it Client Beta) as well. And Clients Beta have invited me to their Dropbox account. These client's folder (Folder Beta) appear inside my FOLDER ALPHA. So these folders should be independent from my main client's folder (independent from Client Gamma). > PROBLEM 1: Now Client Gamma's Account Storage is Full. I proceed to upload files to my other client's folder (Folder Beta). Their accounts are not full. But I get Dropbox is full error. > Problem 2: Hoping to create space, I decide to go to the deleted files section where my old files are rotting because I can't permanently delete them. The files I had in the FOLDER ALPHA are mine. The admin (Folder Gamma) doesn't even have access to Folder Alpha(My folder). But I can't permanently delete my own files unless I have permission from Client Gamma? I am really confused. Someone explain to me what is happening and how to solve this?Error space limit reached but there's still space available
I like to use dropbox to back up my photos from my iPhone. I have a folder storage limit of 5.25 GB. Recently it's failed to upload photos if the amount exceeded 3 or 4 GB. Made sense at first, getting close to that 5.25 limit. But now it won't import even small numbers of photos (1GB or less) , I get error messages saying "Importing these photos would fill up all your Dropbox space. Failed to import..." and direct me to upgrade and get more space, but I currently only use 81.5 MB out of that 5.25 GB limit. I've tried restarting my computer, restarting dropbox, nothing has fixed it. Any suggestions?
All of a sudden I don't have space on my Dropbox account
Hi peeps, I was given access to a folder by my NFP. All good for a couple of months, now, although there is only 500mb of stuff in it, it has stopped syncing and I cant upload files to it. There are other folders in the drop down, that are mine. Could my folders be taking me over the limit somehow? How do I fix it so that when I use this NFP folder, there is still 1.5TB to go? Thanks for your help, this is driving me crazy
Limiting files
Newbie here...! It seems that dropbox is storing many files (from my IPad Tablet) that I do not want dropbox to store/copy/upload. How do I make sure that only specific files from my IPad tablet and my Window Laptop are stored on DropBox? I have only the DropBox "Basic Plan". Thanks for your help.Reaching the storage cap, what does it mean?
I have a free account and 6 months ago decided to turn on the automatic upload option for pictures on my phone. Once they upload, I transfer them to a folder on my main computer where I organize all my photos. This has worked great, until a week ago. For the five or six months previously, it was just uploading my recent pictures. For some reason, now my phone seems to be trying to upload all the pictures on my phone, including ones from years ago. I do have a lot of old pictures on my phone. It didn’t seem like too much of a problem initially- I just would delete those pictures that it was uploading as my storage space got full. I’ve already downloaded those from my phone in a different way, so I don’t need them to upload. But after a while my Dropbox account would say that it was still 100% full and wouldn’t upload anymore, even though I had deleted all the pictures off. I even tried deleting other old files I no longer needed that had been stored in my Dropbox account. I thought that was weird, and decided to just leave my drop box account along for a little while and see if it resolved itself. The problem I am facing now is that I just received an email with this information: Your Dropbox is close to reaching its storage cap. Once exceeded, you can’t add new items or sync changes across your devices. I have tried to search what the cap is and whether my account is just dead when I reach that point. I can’t find any info out there. Anyone know what it all means?