Anybody else having a hard time downloading dropbox files?

 · problem with downloading big video from Dropbox. PM. Hi, i have created a movie, and sent it to my computer over dropbox. The movie file is GB, so it is pretty big. Every time i press download on my computer, it never completes the download, and i can't get the file from Dropbox over to my computer.  · In any case I'm having a hard time figuring out if I can replicate the structure and access permissions of our current file server in a Dropbox Professional account. Our current file server has three groups with associated folders: workgroup, management and executive.  · 1. Go to Dropbox homepage and sign in with your Dropbox account. 2. Select the check box in front of the file or folder, and then click the Download button. Download from Dropbox Page. 3. Wait for it finishes. The time it takes to finish the downloading depends on how large the file is and how fast your network is.

Ok, so I have an existing Winsdows10 UWP app called "PassPort" which uses v2 of the standard DropBox API to upload and download data files without issue. Now I want to get this app working on my Android phone (Nokia 8 running Android ) so I created a XF project, copied my download/upload code over to the main project and added Xamarin. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Is there's a way to only upload files but not download anything else? Its a work drive and I don't need all of that files that is being uploaded by others. I only want to upload some files, so is there's a way to prevent dropbox from downloading any files? 13 comments. share.

Dropbox granular file permissions give you the power to control who can access folders and files, and what kind of access permissions they have for each one. For example, Dropbox lets you set group permissions, so you can share a specific image file with your team—without giving them read or write permission for the more comprehensive or. Dropbox support tersely states that they don't support this, which I think is poor customer service. I know their concern, but its an important feature for mobile customers (their concern is that if the SD card is ever removed the Cloud will read it as a deletion and delete all of the files - but I don't plan to remove the SD slot). Shared links allow you to send read-only links to entire folders, subfolders, or files. Recipients of the link can download the file or folder to a computer or to their Dropbox account. If the user elects to download the file or folder to a Dropbox account, any edits made will not affect the original file—access will be strictly read-only.