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Question

Bulk download from dropbox

Apr 8, 2015 4:22PM PDT

Is it possible to bulk download instead of clicking on each single one of them and downloading one by one?NEEDLESS to say, tiresome as hell.

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Clarification Request
For me it does this already.
Apr 9, 2015 2:04AM PDT

I have DropBox on my laptop and it syncs/downloads them all when I start up. I don't have to do what you noted.
Bob

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HUH!??
Apr 12, 2015 7:07PM PDT

I mean to download them on to your hard drives/external USB storage devices
I assume that you are just joking about dropbox automatically downloads whenever you log on to it!

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No Joke.
Apr 12, 2015 11:41PM PDT

If I wanted to copy the dropbox folder to the external that's a standard copy/paste to the external.

I'm having to guess you didn't install the dropbox app. Without that, using the web only could be painful.
Bob

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oh
Apr 12, 2015 11:46PM PDT

But I do NOT wanna copy the entire folder, I just want to download some selected photos

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I can do that too.
Apr 12, 2015 11:55PM PDT

I use the standard CONTROL+CLICK to select what I want in my Dropbox folder on my PC then CONTROL+C to copy and then over to the USB and paste. Done.

Sorry but I take for granted at times that folk have learned Windows Explorer commands and uses.
Bob