Does the Dropbox iOS app reduce photo quality or replace originals like iCloud Photos' Optimize Storage?
Asked 3/12/2020
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On iPhone/iPad, enabling iCloud Photos with Optimize Storage can keep smaller device copies instead of full-resolution originals. If I use the Dropbox app to upload photos, does Dropbox do anything similar—either compress uploaded images or replace the originals stored on the device?
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No. Dropbox uploaded JPEGS are bitwise identical to the ones on the phone. I do not know what it does with HEIF images.
In any case, Dropbox won't change the images on the device itself. Also, DB doesn't even have an “optimize storage” option.
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No. Based on the community answer, Dropbox does not work like iCloud Photos’ Optimize Storage.
For JPEGs, uploads to Dropbox are reported as bitwise identical to the files on the phone, meaning Dropbox is not recompressing or lowering their quality during upload. The answer did not confirm behavior for HEIF files specifically.
Dropbox also does not replace or downgrade the photos stored on your iOS device, and it does not have an Optimize Storage feature like iCloud Photos. In other words, using Dropbox to upload photos should not alter the originals on your phone, and it should not swap them for lower-quality local versions.
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