Re: Dropbox

db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> wrote:

I have Dropbox on my laptop and my ANdroid phone, but they are not
synchronised. How do I get it to synch on the phone, with the laptop
contents?

Is each Dropbox client signing into the same Dropbox account?  Are they
signed in at all?  Open the Dropbox client to go to Preferences, select
the Account tab, and check if you are signed in, and under which account
(which is associated to your *e-mail address*).  You could try to sign
out and then sign back in to make sure the client really is logged in.
While there, click on the Sync tab.  That shows which folders are
monitored.  Files elsewhere are not synchronized.
Is the Dropbox client configured to load on startup (probably more an
issue on your laptop with its unidentified operating system*).
* "laptop" says nothing about what OS runs there.  Dropbox supports   several platforms; see:   https://help.dropbox.com/installs/system-requirements.
  Sometimes servers go down, or are unreachable.  When you open the
Dropbox client to look at history, have there been any synchronizations
in the past?
Is this a new setup, or have you been using Dropbox successfully for a
while, and this is a new problem?
When you open the Dropbox client and click on the icon to open the
Dropbox folder, are there any files in that folder to sync?  There might
be folders, but are there any files in those folders?
In the Dropbox client, click on the user icon (top right corner).  Click
on "View sync issues".
Have you exceeded your Dropbox storage quota?  A free account gets only
2 GB of storage.  You have to pay more to get more, or spam other users
by being a Dropbox "affiliate" to earn more storage as those you spammed
open new Dropbox account using your affiliate link.  The latter method
makes you a spammer, so pay if you want more storage.  Once your quota
is consumed, there's no more space to sync anything else to your
account.