How to Directly Upload Your Dropbox Photos to Facebook
I am a Dropbox fan. It’s like an extension of my hard disk on the clouds. One of the main uses I put my Dropbox account to is the backup, and my top priority is my precious photos. As soon as I transfer images from my digital camera to my computer, I also upload them to Dropbox.
Furthermore, I love sharing my photos on Facebook and used to upload the same sets to Facebook as well. The problem was that I’m not on an unlimited bandwidth plan, so using twice the bandwidth for the same snaps always hurt my pockets. Not to mention the extra work I had to put in to upload them to Facebook.
Therefore, automatically uploading my photos from Dropbox to Facebook made perfect sense, considering both the above hassles.
If you also want to automatically upload photos from your Dropbox account to Facebook, here’s an easy method to do so.
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“We will create a rule using Dropboxautomator – a tool that lets you set automation rules from Dropbox – that will continuously scan a predefined folder in our Dropbox account and upload photos to Facebook as soon as it detects a new addition. Here are the steps to set it up.
Step 1: Visit Dropboxautomator and log in with your Dropbox account.
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Step 2: The Dropbox API will ask you to confirm the external application connecting to your account. Click on the Allow button to grant access.
Step 3: Choose the folder where you upload your images and click “Next”.
Note: You can select only one folder when creating a rule. If you have more than one folder, create a separate rule for each.
Step 4: Choose one of the available actions. Go to the “Pictures” section and select “upload to Facebook”. Authenticate your Facebook account.
Step 5: Your Facebook account will ask you to approve some application permissions. Review and allow them.
Step 6: Give the Facebook folder a name and comment. Click on Add Action to finish.
From now on, when you upload photos to the designated folder in Dropbox, they will also be uploaded to your Facebook album.
To stop the rule in the future, visit the Automations page and stop the corresponding rule. Delete it if you won’t be using it again.
My Verdict
Dropboxautomator simplifies the process of creating rules for uploaded files on your Dropbox account. This tutorial focuses on automating the uploading of Facebook images, but there are numerous other automation tasks you can accomplish. Give it a try and share your experience with us.
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